True, true, true

by on February 5, 2007 at 2:46 pm in Science | Permalink

…boredom has little to do with lack of external stimulation and everything to do with being out of touch with our emotions.

More here, though I wonder whether a third cause is controlling the correlation.

Douglas Knight February 5, 2007 at 3:29 pm

Talk about correlation v causation!

There is an obvious candidate in the blog post for a common cause: “being externally focused.”

Tracy W February 6, 2007 at 10:50 pm

I don’t believe this. I am far less bored now than when I was at school. And I place that entirely due to my getting a lot more outside stimulation and distraction.

From this summary, the researchers don’t investigate the possiblity that boredom may cause being out of touch with ones’ emotions.

Anonymous October 22, 2008 at 10:07 pm

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