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#19 Exploring Boredom: Insights into a State of Mind

#19 Exploring Boredom: Insights into a State of Mind

Update: 2024-03-07

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Boredom is a common feeling we experience, despite the abundance of activities available to us. James Danckert, a cognitive neuroscientist who studies this state, breaks it down to help us understand its causes, meaning, and how to move out of it constructively.

Guest: Dr. James Danckert
https://uwaterloo.ca/psychology/profiles/james-danckert

Host: Arjun & Dinesh
https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunshrivatsan/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dnshkmrc/

Sound Design: Abhinav Suresh
https://www.linkedin.com/in/silentree42/

Cover Art: Akshay Joshi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshay-joshi-43384a168/

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#19 Exploring Boredom: Insights into a State of Mind

#19 Exploring Boredom: Insights into a State of Mind