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Health
Marty Silk

Face masks reduce quality decisions: study

The study showed masks are likely to decrease performance in situations with a demanding mental task (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Wearing a face mask can substantially reduce your ability to make quality decisions in some situations, according to a new study.

University of Queensland researcher Dr David Smerdon wanted to know how the most visible tool used to suppress COVID-19 affects human thinking, so he studied the moves of more than 8000 chess players in 19 countries before and during the pandemic to find out.

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