Estudo associa agudeza mental diária a ganhos de produtividade

Pesquisadores da Universidade de Toronto Scarborough descobriram que sentir-se mentalmente afiado em um determinado dia pode aumentar a produtividade em até 40 minutos. O estudo, publicado na Science Advances, acompanhou estudantes universitários ao longo de 12 semanas e conectou o pensamento mais claro ao estabelecimento e alcance de metas maiores. Fatores como sono e carga de trabalho influenciam essas flutuações diárias.

Uma equipe liderada por Cendri Hutcherson, professora associada do Departamento de Psicologia da Universidade de Toronto Scarborough, examinou como as mudanças cotidianas na agudeza mental afetam a conclusão de metas. Os participantes realizaram testes cognitivos diários que mediam a velocidade e a precisão do raciocínio, além de fornecerem relatos sobre seus objetivos, produtividade, humor, sono e carga de trabalho. Nos dias em que os estudantes se sentiam mais afiados do que o habitual, eles concluíam mais tarefas e almejavam resultados mais elevados, particularmente em relação ao trabalho acadêmico, independentemente de características como determinação ou autocontrole. Hutcherson observou: 'Todo mundo tem dias bons e dias ruins. O que estamos capturando é o que separa esses dias bons dos ruins.'

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