August 19, 2013 in Science & Technology

Why Do We Get Bored?

Follow Michael Stevens for daily sauce: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce LINKS TO EVERYTHING BELOW: “Cosmological Principle” by Zach McCoy [VIDEO]: http://ow.ly/o2yI6 “Cosmological Principle” by Zach McCoy on iTunes: http://ow.ly/o2Al4 EXTREME HOLE BORING VIDEO: http://ow.ly/o2yH1 Genie documentary: http://ow.ly/o2ymk VICE deprivation documentary: http://ow.ly/o2yjx 10MinutesOfYourLife channel: http://ow.ly/o2yJz take a train across Russia: http://ru-train.appspot.com/en Boredom Proness Scale: 1 for highly disagree 4 for neutral 7 for highly agree http://uwf.edu/svodanov/boredom/bps.htm Excel file download: http://ow.ly/o2yOg Great books on boredom: “bore” etymology: http://etymonline.com/?term=bore Jennifer Schuelssler article on boredom: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/books/review/Schuessler-t.html?_r=1& Anna Gosline article on boredom: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bored–find-something-to-live-for Flow: http://ow.ly/o2ESd GANZFELD EFFECT HOW-TO: http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Graphic/2009/01/10/11brain2axx__1231575167_0544.jpg Sensory Deprivation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_deprivation More Genie links: http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/a/genie.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child) Thomas