Boredom
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Conscious thought and the sustained attention to response task.

6 Jul 2009 We investigated the properties of the sustained attention to response task (SART). In the SART, participants respond to frequent (high probability of occurrence) neutral signals and are required to withhold response to rare (low probability of ... Read more...

Brain responses to repeated visual experience among low and high sensation seekers: role of boredom susceptibility.

25 Jun 2009 To better understand individual differences in sensation seeking and its components, including boredom susceptibility and experience seeking, we examined brain responses of high and low sensation seekers during repeated visual experience. ... Read more...

Error correction maintains post-error adjustments after one night of total sleep deprivation.

30 May 2009 Previous behavioral and electrophysiologic evidence indicates that one night of total sleep deprivation (TSD) impairs error monitoring, including error detection, error correction, and posterror adjustments (PEAs). This study examined the hypothesis ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Boredom'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Conscious thought and the sustained attention to response task. 6 Jul 2009
• Instant teaching tools. 29 Jun 2009
• Brain responses to repeated visual experience among low and high sensation seekers: role of boredom susceptibility. 25 Jun 2009
• Error correction maintains post-error adjustments after one night of total sleep deprivation. 30 May 2009
• On boredom: a close encounter with encapsulated parts of the psyche. 30 May 2009
• Dying of boredom: an exploratory case study of time use, apparent affect, and routine activity situations on two Alzheimer's special care units. 29 Apr 2009
• Electroencephalographic evidence on the strategies of adaptation to the factors of monotony. 29 Apr 2009
• Coach autonomy support and quality of sport engagement in young soccer players. 29 Apr 2009
• Marital boredom now predicts less satisfaction 9 years later. 4 Apr 2009
• Relationships between electronic game play, obesity, and psychosocial functioning in young men. 30 Mar 2009
• Efficacy of auditory enrichment in a prosimian primate (Otolemur garnettii). 30 Mar 2009
• Engagement in persons with dementia: the concept and its measurement. 30 Mar 2009
• [Beyond boredom: the effort to make a patient interesting] 9 Feb 2009
• Relationship between salivary Chromogranin-A and stress induced by simulated monotonous driving. 3 Feb 2009
• Why are modern scientists so dull? How science selects for perseverance and sociability at the expense of intelligence and creativity. 10 Dec 2008
• A narrative analysis of helplessness in depression. 29 Nov 2008
• Perception of intensive care unit stressors in Malaysian Federal Territory hospitals. 29 Nov 2008
• Reasons for cannabis use: patients with schizophrenia versus matched healthy controls. 29 Nov 2008
• [A plea for more boredom: ADHD in young children from the medical and psychotherapy viewpoint] 30 Oct 2008
• Comparative analysis of the perception of school violence in teachers, pupils, and families. 30 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Boredom'

Definition: A psychological state resulting from any activity that lacks motivation, or from enforced continuance in an uninteresting situation.

Descriptor UI: D001887

Alternative terms: Boredom; Boredoms;

Tree Number: F01.470.192;

History Note: 69

Technical Notes: no qualif