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First off, I don't think it's "contrary to common belief", but, yeah, short breaks work are working for me too.
I spoke about this to a bunch of people and got under the impression it's a common belief from my random sample. Anyway,
it works for some, both of us included, so that's what matters. ~
And I don't know people for whom it doesn't work. I can't imagine someone saying I prefer working all day long without breaks, even short ones. In fact, I think it's possible to work like that, but not longer than for a year.