Dining out zaps mental focus

摘要

Lunch at a restaurant with a friend could lessen the brain's aptitude for detailed tasks back at work. If an error-free afternoon is the goal, perhaps workers should consider hastily consuming calories alone at their desks, a new study suggests. But bosses shouldn't rush to glue workers to their chairs just yet. The research is only a first stab at teasing out how a sociable lunch affects work performance, says study leader Werner Sommer of Humboldt University in Berlin.