“We found that generally smiling makes you look more trustworthy and competent, no matter what the background,” he said. Overall, women inspired more trust, the study found.

Just switch your Zoom background. An actually practical solution for Zoom fatigue The pandemic was a crash course in “transmission rates” and “spike proteins” for most people.

3. Go to the Backgrounds & Filters 4. Select the Blur option. Your Zoom video window background will change to blurred behind you, obscuring your surroundings for view by others in the video call.

“We tested over 160 people and we found that the background of plants and bookcases led to higher trust and competency responses. And we found that the living room and novelty backgrounds were ...