In the case of boredom, we think of many situations in life but intuitively not of exams. However, an international team of academics led by Thomas Götz from the University of Vienna has now studied exactly this phenomenon ...
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Aug 30, 2023
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We all know that high levels of stress in the workplace can lead to burnout. But less attention is given to long periods of intense boredom, sometimes referred to as "rust out" or "bore out."
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May 23, 2023
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A survey study of U.S. college students provides new insights into factors associated with the tendency to engage in celebrity stalking behaviors. Maria Wong (Idaho State University, U.S.), Lynn McCutcheon (North American ...
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Mar 1, 2023
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People who turn to social media to escape from superficial boredom are unwittingly preventing themselves from progressing to a state of profound boredom, which may open the door to more creative and meaningful activity, a ...
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Dec 21, 2022
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The number of people searching online for topics that are related to boredom, loneliness and worry rose sharply at the beginning of the first lockdown, a new study shows.
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Feb 1, 2021
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"I'm bored" is a statement many parents dread hearing during the summer holidays.
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Aug 16, 2019
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Boredom may be contributing to a widening of political views among voters, according to a new study by researchers from King's College London and the University of Limerick.
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Jul 7, 2016
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Australian road safety researchers on Wednesday unveiled a pioneering "attention-powered car" which uses a headset to monitor brain activity and slow acceleration during periods of distraction.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 25, 2013
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Fear, anger, insecurity, and boredom in schools can cripple a classroom and obstruct learning completely.
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Dec 6, 2012
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Wondering if your caged hamster gets bored? It's highly likely if the critter has nothing to do all day.
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Nov 14, 2012
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Boredom is an emotional state experienced when an individual is without any activity or is not interested in their surroundings. The first recorded use of the word boredom is in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens, written in 1852, in which it appears six times, although the expression to be a bore had been used in the sense of "to be tiresome or dull" since 1768. The French term for boredom, ennui, is sometimes used in English as well.
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