On the whole, video chatting has allowed human connections to ... (thrive) in ways that would have been impossible just a few years ago.

For some people, the prolonged split in attention creates a ... (mystifying) sense of being ... (fatigued, burned-out) while having accomplished nothing.

The ... (unparalleled) explosion of their use in response to the pandemic has launched an unofficial social experiment, showing at a population scale what’s always been true: virtual ... (relationships) can be extremely hard on the brain.

Think of how hard it would be to cook and read at the same time. That's the kind of multi-tasking your brain is trying, and often failing, to navigate in a group video chat.

However, a typical video call impairs these ingrained (synonym?) abilities, and requires sustained and intense attention to words instead.

Zoom fatigue, though this exhaustion also applies if you’re using ...

If you’re feeling self-conscious or overstimulated, ...

“It's almost like you're emoting more because you're just a little box on a screen,” Eichler-Levine says. “I’m just so tired.”

It’s even possible Zoom fatigue will ... (decrease) once people learn to navigate the mental ... (knot) video chatting can cause.

“Walking meetings are known to improve creativity, and probably reduce stress as well,” Normand says.

Give examples: Humans communicate even when they’re quiet.

Multi-person screens ... (intensify) this exhausting problem.

These cues help paint a ... (comprehensive) picture of what is being ... (expressed) and what’s expected in response from the listener.