To inspire the most trust in those you interact with during video meetings, ensure you have plants or books strategically positioned behind you. That’s according to new research, which looks at how ...

In a new study, participants tended to judge faces appearing against backgrounds featuring houseplants or bookcases as more trustworthy and competent than faces with a living space or a novelty image ...

It’s important to conduct “background checks” on new employees — but a new study is taking it to a whole other level. Have plants in the background during your work-from-home video conference? It ...

Working from home has made job interviews and starting a new role easier in many ways. You don’t have to worry about a missed train or spilt coffee derailing a job interview if it’s on Zoom – but you ...

Before you hop on your next Zoom call, you might want to tailor your background in a very particular way, says a new study. Doing so could make everyone else on the call perceive you as being more ...

Should Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has a serious credibility problem among Israelis and even his ministers and MKs – not to mention the opposition – place houseplants or bookcases behind ...

Changing what’s in the background during an online call can boost first impressions, experts from Durham University have found Sarah Knapton is the Science Editor of The Telegraph and has covered all ...

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