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DESCRIPTION:This FREE event is offered online via Zoom. \;Please register here.\n\nWe avoid boredom at all costs. It makes us feel restless and \nagitated. Desperate for something to do\, we play games on our phones\, \nretie our shoes\, or even count ceiling tiles. And if we escape it this \ntime\, eventually it will strike again. But what if we listened to \nboredom instead of banishing it?\n\nPsychologists James Danckert and John Eastwood contend \nthat boredom isn’t bad for us. It’s just that we do a bad job of heeding\n its guidance. When we’re bored\, our minds are telling us that whatever \nwe are doing isn’t working—we’re failing to satisfy our basic \npsychological need to be engaged and effective. Too many of us respond \npoorly. We become prone to accidents\, risky activities\, loneliness\, and \nennui\, and we waste ever more time on technological distractions. But\, \nDanckert and Eastwood argue\, we can let boredom have the opposite \neffect\, motivating the change we need. The latest research suggests that\n an adaptive approach to boredom will help us avoid its troubling \neffects and\, through its reminder to become aware and involved\, might \nlead us to live fuller lives.\n\nOut of My Skull combines scientific findings with everyday \nobservations to explain an experience we’d like to ignore\, but from \nwhich we have a lot to learn. Boredom evolved to help us. It’s time we \ngave it a chance. James Danckert\, Professor\; Cognitive Neuroscience Research Area Head\, University of WaterlooJohn Eastwood\, Associate Professor: Faculty of Health: Department of Psychology\, York University\nImage URL: https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.evanced.info/Customer/kplca/OUT_OF_MY_SKULL_RESIZE_36C31131.PNG
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We avoid boredom at all costs. It makes us feel restless and \nagitated. Desperate for something to do\, we play games on our phones\, \nretie our shoes\, or even count ceiling tiles. And if we escape it this \ntime\, eventually it will strike again. But what if we listened to \nboredom instead of banishing it?\n\n
Psychologists James Danckert and John Eastwood contend \nthat boredom isn’t bad for us. It’s just that we do a bad job of heeding\n its guidance. When we’re bored\, our minds are telling us that whatever \nwe are doing isn’t working—we’re failing to satisfy our basic \npsychological need to be engaged and effective. Too many of us respond \npoorly. We become prone to accidents\, risky activities\, loneliness\, and \nennui\, and we waste ever more time on technological distractions. But\, \nDanckert and Eastwood argue\, we can let boredom have the opposite \neffect\, motivating the change we need. The latest research suggests that\n an adaptive approach to boredom will help us avoid its troubling \neffects and\, through its reminder to become aware and involved\, might \nlead us to live fuller lives.
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Out of My Skull combines scientific findings with everyday \nobservations to explain an experience we’d like to ignore\, but from \nwhich we have a lot to learn. Boredom evolved to help us. It’s time we \ngave it a chance.
James Danckert\, Professor\; Cognitive Neuroscience Research Area Head\, University of Waterloo
John Eastwood\, Associate Professor: Faculty of Health: Department of Psychology\, York University
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TITLE:85 Queen: Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom - Book Launch and Discussion
SUMMARY:85 Queen: Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom - Book Launch and Discussion
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CATEGORIES:85 Queen
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