Un estudio vincula la agudeza mental diaria con el aumento de la productividad

Investigadores de la Universidad de Toronto Scarborough han descubierto que sentirse mentalmente agudo en un día determinado puede aumentar la productividad hasta en 40 minutos. El estudio, publicado en Science Advances, siguió a estudiantes universitarios durante 12 semanas y relacionó un pensamiento más claro con el establecimiento y logro de objetivos más grandes. Factores como el sueño y la carga de trabajo influyen en estas fluctuaciones diarias.

Un equipo dirigido por Cendri Hutcherson, profesora asociada del Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad de Toronto Scarborough, examinó cómo los cambios cotidianos en la agudeza mental afectan el cumplimiento de los objetivos. Los participantes completaron pruebas cognitivas diarias que medían la velocidad y precisión del pensamiento, además de informes sobre sus metas, productividad, estado de ánimo, sueño y carga de trabajo. En los días en que los estudiantes se sentían más agudos de lo habitual, completaban más tareas y se fijaban objetivos más ambiciosos, particularmente en el trabajo académico, independientemente de rasgos como la determinación o el autocontrol. Hutcherson señaló: 'Todo el mundo tiene días buenos y días malos. Lo que estamos capturando es lo que separa esos días buenos de los malos'.

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