Why Do We Get Bored?

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LINKS TO EVERYTHING BELOW:

"Cosmological Principle" by Zach McCoy [VIDEO]: http://ow.ly/o2yI6
"Cosmological Principle" by Zach McCoy on iTunes: http://ow.ly/o2Al4

EXTREME HOLE BORING VIDEO: http://ow.ly/o2yH1

Genie documentary: http://ow.ly/o2ymk

VICE deprivation documentary: http://ow.ly/o2yjx

10MinutesOfYourLife channel: http://ow.ly/o2yJz

take a train across Russia: http://ru-train.appspot.com/en

Boredom Proness Scale:

1 for highly disagree 4 for neutral 7 for highly agree
http://uwf.edu/svodanov/boredom/bps.htm

Excel file download: http://ow.ly/o2yOg

Great books on boredom:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boredo....m-Lively-History-Pet
http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Phil....osophy-Boredom-Lars-

"bore" etymology: http://etymonline.com/?term=bore

Jennifer Schuelssler article on boredom: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/books/review/Schuessler-t.html?_r=1&

Anna Gosline article on boredom: http://www.scientificamerican.....com/article.cfm?id=b

Flow: http://ow.ly/o2ESd

GANZFELD EFFECT HOW-TO: http://cache.boston.com/bonzai....-fba/Third_Party_Gra

Sensory Deprivation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_deprivation

More Genie links:

http://psychology.about.com/od..../historyofpsychology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child)

Thomas Silverstien: http://ow.ly/o2ykG

Robert Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C....ontrasting_and_categ

more boredom links:

http://www.reddit.com/r/philos....ophy/comments/e7xkr/
http://www.theguardian.com/g2/....story/0,,1753724,00.
http://web.archive.org/web/200....80404203906/http://h
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boredom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_confinement

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