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Boredom: Behavioral and Clinical Implications
September 23, 2019 @ 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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What is boredom? What are its neural mechanisms? And is it really the dark side of curiosity? Join the Research Cluster on Curiosity and three guest scholars to discuss the significance of boredom in behavior and clinical settings. Discussion to follow after speaker presentations.
- 3-3:10PM: Introduction by Jacqueline Gottlieb, Leader of the Research Cluster on Curiosity
- 3:10-3:50PM: Wijnand van Tilburg, Lecturer in Psychology, King’s College London
- The Unbearable Lightness of Boredom: Implications for Ideology, Identity, and Meaning
- 3:50-4:20PM: McWelling Todman Associate Professor of Clinical Practice, The New School
- Is Boredom Clinically Useful?
- 4:20-5:10PM: James Danckert, Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Area Head, University of Waterloo
- The Drive to Act: Boredom, Exploration and Agency