Board games: how playing them online can bring grandparents and grandchildren closer together

Video calls with younger relatives can be awkward - but only if we let them.

Lisa Lazard, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The Open University • conversation
June 15, 2022 • ~6 min

Staring at an image of yourself on Zoom has serious consequences for mental health – especially for women

Mirrors, selfies and knowing other people are looking at you all cause people to think of themselves as objects. Video calls are all three in one and are likely increasing the harms of self-objectification.

Jamie Goldenberg, Professor of Psychology, University of South Florida • conversation
April 25, 2022 • ~8 min

Zoom burnout: be more productive, ditch those video calls – expert

The online meetings designed to get things done could be the very things that are harming our productivity.

Paul Levy, Senior Researcher in Innovation Management, University of Brighton • conversation
March 17, 2021 • ~6 min

How to stay socially connected as lockdown returns - according to science

Recent findings from social neuroscience show us how we can make virtual interactions almost as beneficial as real world ones.

Philip J. Cozzolino, Lecturer in Social Psychology, University of Essex • conversation
Oct. 22, 2020 • ~7 min

Zoom fatigue: how to make video calls less tiring

Our brains have to work hard to deal with difficult and unexpected noise.

Pheobe Sun, PhD Candidate in Computer Science, University College Dublin • conversation
May 11, 2020 • ~7 min

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