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Videoconferencing may be more tiring than speaking face-to-face, a new study found.
  • Videoconferencing is more exhausting than face-to-face meetings, a new study found.
  • Significant physiological changes could be seen after 50 minutes of videoconferencing.
  • The authors wrote that their findings could mean videoconferencing can't replace in-person events.

Zoom fatigue might be more than just a saying.

Using brain and heart scans, researchers say they've found neurological evidence that videoconferencing tools are more exhausting than face-to-face events.