Gurteen Knowledge Blog November 10, 2021, 16:47
Research shows that engaging in short friendly conversations boosts people’s performance on a variety of cognitive tasks.
A study in 2011, Friends (and Sometimes Enemies) With Cognitive Benefits: What Types of Social Interactions Boost Executive Functioning? by researchers at the University of Michigan, tested 192 undergraduates to determine which types of social interaction helped and which didn’t.
The researchers concluded that engaging in short conversations where participants were instructed to get to know one another boosted their performance on various cognitive tasks.
When participants engaged in competitive conversations, their performance on cognitive tasks showed no improvement.
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