This paper shows that it may be best to work with others out of sight, at least for manual jobs. This is because you involuntarily model other people's behaviour (probably something to do with mirror neurons) and this affects your own performance negatively. The study is concerned with manual tasks so it would be interesting to see what happens at a higher cognitive level.
Wednesday 20 February 2008
Work alone
This paper shows that it may be best to work with others out of sight, at least for manual jobs. This is because you involuntarily model other people's behaviour (probably something to do with mirror neurons) and this affects your own performance negatively. The study is concerned with manual tasks so it would be interesting to see what happens at a higher cognitive level.
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