Dear colleagues,
I am interested in your opinion and experiences of cognitive overload in relation to technology during the Covid pandemic. There has been an enormous increase in the time we spend behind the computers, which can have a negative effect on our cognitions.
What is your experience? Did you feel cognitive overload to yourself? Did you see any manifestations? Did you notice any manifestations in adolescents who are probably most affected by this?
Thank you very much for your answers and discussion.
Sincerely,
Gabriel Kňažek
Definitely overloaded. News and media outlets also appear to have an impact (see the recently branded phenomenon of 'doomscrolling').
I do feel like there is a cognitive overload regarding the one-sidedness of cognitive tasks. Before Covid the modalities differed between colleague interaction, data acquisition, administrative tasks, meetings, data analysis, etc., and it was clearly separated from the private life / leisure time. Each modality was a way to recover from the previous one, just as a break is most effective when it is most different to the type of work done before. Now all of those modalities are packed into one, the computer at home. This makes it difficult to make clear distinctions between tasks and increases the feeling of not making any progress, as everything feels the same. Additionally, it is more difficult to put work aside at the end of the day, because the living room is now both office and home. Not to mention the burden of taking care of homeschooling your children.
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