Are you "fishing" today?
Nowadays, in the workplace, "fishing" has become an understandable thing. After years of accumulation, contemporary migrant workers are not even limited to going to the toilet, chatting, and brushing!
Young people's ways of "touching fish" have gradually become all-encompassing, doing handicrafts, painting, and health preservation. Source: A social platform.
Although touching the fish is doing non-work things during working hours, the work is difficult enough, if you don't rely on "touching the fish" to reduce stress in time, how can you successfully survive from Monday to Friday?Besides, from a scientific point of view, going to work properly "fishing" is also for better work!
Touching fish is to work better.
A study published in the August 2022 sub-journal Cell found a rationale for "touching fish" to benefit work. However, the original intention of this study, conducted by researchers from the Paris Institute of the Brain and the Sorbonne University in France, was not to find a reason to fish at work. The original intention of their research was to understand one thing: why computers work continuously, but the human brain cannot. 
Pixabay You might say, isn't the answer very simple, because the human brain is not a machine!Machines still need to rest, how can the human brain not need to rest?No, no, that's not what the researchers wanted. They want biological, neurological, chemical ......In short, it is the answer to this microphysiological level. Because they are suspiciousNeural activity in the brain produces a harmful substance that accumulates and slows down the brain's movement when it reaches a certain concentration。At first, they used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) methods, but failed to detect the presence of harmful substances. Later, they switched to magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and finally found this harmful substanceGlutamic acid。The investigators collected data from 40 participants, 24 of whom were in the experimental group, performing difficult tasks that required them to maintain high working memory and sustained concentration;The other 16 were in the control group, performing simple tasks. 40 participants are going to be in 6Complete 24 quest challenges in 25 hours, after which you'll be presented with two choices – choose to complete a simple quest and the prize will be available immediately, but not much.
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The results showedMost of the participants in the difficult task group tend to choose to do simple tasks, and even give up relatively high incomes. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) showed that the amount of glutamate in the prefrontal cortex of the brain increased slightly with each task completed, and at the end of the day, the levels of glutamate in the prefrontal cortex were much higher in the difficult group than in the simple group. As a result, researchers speculate that at the end of the day, when a person has done a lot of work that puts a lot of work on the brainGlutamate accumulates in the prefrontal cortex, which affects the further activity of neurons in the brain。At this time, you need to clean up the "cache" to make room for the next high-intensity use of the brain. In other words, glutamate accumulated in the prefrontal cortex of the brain needs to be removed. So how do you get rid of it?That's right!It's – "fishing", resting or sleeping!"I touch the fish, I have a reason".
Although there is a scientific basis for "touching fish", "touching fish" is cool for a while, and once it is discovered, it may directly become the scene of social death.
Imagine, in a quiet office, you look down and brush ** Zhenghi, and then realize that the headphones are leaking, and when you come back to your senses, you have been locked in the eyes of the leader, how embarrassing and embarrassing it is.
Therefore, we have prepared 3 reasons for "touching the fish", and the next time the "touching the fish" is unfortunately caught, you can explain it to the leader in this way-
The whole world is fishing, why can't I?
According to the statistics of the Gallup Global Workplace Environment Report, the average proportion of migrant workers in 142 countries and more than 13,000 companies around the world is no more than 13%, and only 6% in China.
In other words, you are not the only one who is "fishing", employees all over the world are "fishing". Therefore, there is really no shame in "touching the fish".
"Fishing" really helps to improve work efficiency
A productivity app called DeskTime provides real-world data showing that the top 10% of employees at the top 10 percent of the 5.5 million daily computer usages sampled had an average of 17 minutes off after working 52 minutes. And it is this 17 minutes of "fishing" time that keeps them productive during that time at work. In addition, scientists from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Purdue University invited 20 subjects to work in the office area for a total of 2 days on highly repetitive and boring data entry tasks. However, these subjects were allowed to take a break for every 40 minutes they worked. The results showed that people who took longer breaks tended to have a lower heart rate, a calmer mood and less chance of making mistakes at work.
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"Touching the fish" is really good for your health
Sitting for long periods of time is associated with a variety of diseases and an increased risk of death, and regular sitting leads to obesity, cervical spondylosis, constipation, high blood pressure, diabetes, and cancer. (Click here to learn more about how sitting for a long time really hurts!)A remedial plan, only 22min a day) so every time I work for a period of time, I get up and do some paid work, such as receiving water and going to the toiletAfter all, if you are sick and your health is ruined, how can you still work as a worker?In short, although being conscientious and responsible is the work attitude that office workers should have, "fishing" is not a bad thing. The combination of work and rest, mutual respect, is the yardstick that every person in the workplace should grasp. References
1]wiehler a, branzoli f, adanyeguh i, mochel f, pessiglione m. a neuro-metabolic account of why daylong cognitive work alters the control of economic decisions. curr biol. 2022 aug 22;32(16):3564-3575.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.07.010. epub 2022 aug 11. pmid: 35961314.[2]kleitman n. the basic rest--activity cycle and physiological correlates of dreaming. exp neurol. 1967 dec:suppl 4:2-4. doi: 10.1016/0014-4886(67)90151-3. pmid: 6079781.
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This article is a work of popular science China-Star Project.
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