The idea that we need more boredom in our overstimulated lives is popular right now. One neuroscientist is calling B.S. on it ...

Boredom isn’t just that restless feeling of disinterest; it’s a psychological signal that motivates us to seek new experiences, a Texas A&M University study finds. The study, published in Emotion, was ...

Over the last several years, being busy has become the standard for what it means to be a successful teenager.  Free time ...

Remember those endless childhood summers when you’d dramatically flop onto the couch and announce to anyone within earshot that you were “sooooo bored”? Turns out those excruciating moments of nothing ...

Boredom represents a universal human experience that affects individuals across all age groups, characterized by feelings of dissatisfaction and lack of interest in current activities or surroundings.

Boredom is generally viewed as an unpleasant emotional state. It is characterized by feelings of dissatisfaction, restlessness, and mental fatigue (Eastwood et al., 2012). For a bored person, mental ...

"Ennui," 1893, by French artist Gaston La Touche. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. The International Sanatorium Berghof, high in the Swiss Alps above the flatlands, is a place where people ...

At any hour of the day or night, we can be entertained. Simply pick up your phone and there is endless content to consume, videos to watch, articles to read, apps to download, wormholes to discover.