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Boring thoughts and bored minds: The MAC model of boredom and cognitive engagement.
Abstract
What is boredom? We review environmental, attentional, and functional theories and present a new model that describes boredom as an affective indicator of unsuccessful attentional engagement in valued goal-congruent activity. According to the Meaning and Attentional Components (MAC) model, boredom is the result of (a) an attentional component, namely mismatches between cognitive demands and available mental resources, and (b) a meaning...
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Title
Boring thoughts and bored minds: The MAC model of boredom and cognitive engagement.
Published Date
Oct 1, 2018
Journal
Volume
125
Issue
5
Pages
689 - 713
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