Eating and inflicting pain out of boredom

Development of a sensation-seeking scale.

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Behavioral Measurement, Sensory Experiences, Education +19

Boredom Proneness--The Development and Correlates of a New Scale

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Quality Of Life, Autonomy Orientation, Behavioral Sciences +12

The Unengaged Mind

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Affective Neuroscience, Cognition, Attention +20

Just think: The challenges of the disengaged mind

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Social Psychology, Cognition, Impulsivity +16

Boredom: Practical consequences and a theory

James F. O’Hanlon · Acta Psychologica · 1981 · 407 citations

Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Decision Making, Gamification +3