We found that plants or a bookcase in the background ... we used are white, thus avoiding race becoming a confounding factor and allowing us to just focus on the effect of the Zoom backgrounds.

With fall officially here, one way to celebrate the changing of the season is to use a new virtual background. Thanks to Zoom’s fan-favorite feature, you have endless options you can use to swap ...

Study: Virtual first impressions: Zoom backgrounds affect judgements ... gender (female and male), and backgrounds (home, blank, blurred home, plants, novelty, and bookcase).