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What is boredom? Interview with cognitive neuroscientist, James Danckert
Leaf & Elfie: Curious Talks
English - June 29, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBSelf-Improvement Education Health & Fitness Mental Health body language interviews reading people environmentally friendly green living science self improvement vegan bodybuilding neuroscience Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Boredom. We've all experienced it from time to time, but what does it actually do? Can it make us angry? Make us depressed? Slowly kill us? Or does it serve a less clear and more positive function?
In this episode we speak to a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscientist and boredom 'expert', James Danckert who aims to answer these and many other boredom related questions in his research at the University of Waterloo.
If you have ever wondered:
Then this is the episode for you.
James is the co-author of a brilliant new book all about boredom 'Out of my Skull: The Psychology of Boredom'
For more information about James' work visit the University of Waterloo