Dr. Jena Lee explains why spending so much time on Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms is leading to increased fatigue, tiredness, worry, and burnout:
“However, on video, most [social] cues are difficult to visualize, since the same environment is not shared (limiting joint attention) and both subtle facial expressions and full bodily gestures may not be captured. Without the help of these unconscious cues on which we have relied since infancy to socioemotionally assess each other and bond, compensatory cognitive and emotional effort is required.”