Sydney: A study found that giving the brain a five-minute break between tasks can increase efficiency and productivity by more than 50 percent.
In an experiment conducted at the University of Sydney in Australia, 72 students read a lesson to themselves and took two mentally exhausting tests.
Students who were allowed to take a five-minute break between tests scored an average of 57 points higher on the second test than students who did not take a break.
Some students who took a break did nothing during the break, while others were shown a quiet video of a natural scene, but both groups outperformed their peers who didn’t get a break on a second test.
Paul Ginns, associate professor of educational psychology, said that giving the brain a break in the office, like in the classroom, can clearly improve performance. There is also recharging, an easy way to recharge that is within everyone’s reach.
He said that this research was conducted on university students, he is sure that the results of the research can be applied to young and old people.
(function(d, s, id){
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3&appId=770767426360150”;
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));
(function(d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.7”;
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));