Boring Work Can Freeze the Brain
Yes, researchers have made another discovery which claims that boring, regular and/or monotonous tasks can make freeze the brain literally. This happens because the brain gradually shift to the rest mode whether it likes it or not eventually. Researchers also revealed that when they began monitoring the area of the brain, they were also able to tell when the person was about to make a mistake before the person actually committed the mistake.
This study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Tom Eichele from the University of Bergen (Norway) claims that there comes a time when your brain cannot take anymore and wants to stop doing a thing again and again but cannot do anything about it.
This sense of the brain not being able to function properly or as receptively can happen to almost anybody and the best thing about it is that you haven’t done one thing to induce it say experts. In such situations, researchers opine that blood flows to those potions of the brain which are active even during rest.
Tom asserts that since this situation actually comes about 30 seconds prior to a mistake that is committed, it is easy to design an early-warning system that can help the brain not to commit the mistakes and become more focused towards a work or task.
Experts opine that such an early-warning system can help build safe working environment and can also ensure better performance. For instance, better security screening at airports.
The device, Tom explains will obviously situated on top of the head for people to perform tasks better and not numb the brain in such a way to make mistakes. So ultimately, it isn’t going to be the brain which is going to decide whether you are doing right or wrong but the device which is going to the job for you.
Tom claims that there is a wireless mobile and light amplifier that is being designed to prevent the person from making mistakes on account of monotonous work and is expected to be ready in about 10 to 15 years from now.
As it has been confirmed that the brain can actually freeze if people continue doing the same task again and again, it is advisable that people find alternative ways to enrich their brains because it will take a while for the early-warning device to hit the market.
doing various tasks is also a pleasant thing
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18 Jun 08 at 2:50 am