Why Nothing Feels Exciting Anymore

Why Being Bored is Worse Than You Think Why are we so bored? It is a question we find ourselves asking often, and it turns out, the answer is more complex than you think. - James Danckert, Cognitive Neuroscience Area Head at the University of Waterloo, Co-author of Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom - Alicia Walf, Ph.D., Neuroscientist and Educator at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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