In this episode, Alex & Julia tackle the hypothesis: Being bored is good for you. They talk creativity, childhood games, bacon boy and much more…

 

Numbers from Social Polls:

Total Number of Votes: 370 responded. Agree = 52% Disagree = 48%

 

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Resources/References:

The knowns and unknowns of bored: a review of the literature: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00221-017-4922-7 

 

Sitting alone with thoughts leads people to shock themselves: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/345/6192/75

 

Individuals react differently to boredom and show distinct brain activity: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/psyp.13427?saml_referrer

 

Scales used to measure boredom and results concerning mental health correlations: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00223980.2015.1074531?scroll=top&needAccess=true

 

Why we should study boredom: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-boredom-is-anything-but-boring/

 

TED talk on boredom and creativity: https://www.ted.com/talks/manoush_zomorodi_how_boredom_can_lead_to_your_most_brilliant_ideas?language=en

 

Individuals who were made to feel boredom came up with more answers in following creativity task: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10400419.2014.901073?scroll=top&needAccess=true

 

Being bored makes more creative opinion piece: https://www.wired.com/2017/01/clive-thompson-7/