This applies to term papers and other academic work, as well: Screen breaks: More frequent breaks from screen-based work reduce fatigue and increase productivity, US government researchers have found. They reported: 'Data-entry speed was significantly faster with supplementary breaks so that work output was maintained, despite replacing 20 min of work time with break time.' Traci Galinsky and others. Supplementary breaks and stretching exercises for data entry operators: A follow-up field study, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, volume 50, issue 7, pages 519-527, 2007 [ abstract ]. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114265474/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
Link on the abstract page for full report in pdf format. Snipped from: Changing Times News * Number 88 * 7 September 2007 http://www.tuc.org.uk/newsroom/change.cfm Changing Times News is the TUC's fortnightly online bulletin on work-life balance issues. Visit the website at http:// www.tuc.org.uk/changingtimes _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.isoc-ny.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
