Studi kaitkan ketajaman mental harian dengan peningkatan produktivitas

Para peneliti di University of Toronto Scarborough menemukan bahwa merasa tajam secara mental pada hari tertentu dapat meningkatkan produktivitas hingga 40 menit. Studi yang diterbitkan dalam Science Advances ini melacak mahasiswa selama 12 minggu dan menghubungkan pemikiran yang lebih jernih dengan penetapan serta pencapaian target yang lebih besar. Faktor-faktor seperti tidur dan beban kerja memengaruhi fluktuasi harian ini.

Tim yang dipimpin oleh Cendri Hutcherson, seorang profesor madya di Departemen Psikologi University of Toronto Scarborough, meneliti bagaimana perubahan ketajaman mental dari hari ke hari memengaruhi penyelesaian tujuan. Para peserta menyelesaikan tes kognitif harian yang mengukur kecepatan dan akurasi berpikir, bersama dengan laporan mengenai tujuan, produktivitas, suasana hati, tidur, dan beban kerja mereka. Pada hari-hari ketika para mahasiswa merasa lebih tajam dari biasanya, mereka menyelesaikan lebih banyak tugas dan menetapkan target yang lebih tinggi, terutama dalam pekerjaan akademik, terlepas dari sifat-sifat seperti kegigihan atau pengendalian diri. Hutcherson mencatat, 'Setiap orang memiliki hari-hari baik dan hari-hari buruk. Apa yang kami tangkap adalah hal yang membedakan hari-hari baik tersebut dari hari-hari yang buruk.'

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