ArticleThe Behavioral and brain sciences2021
It's not a bug, it's boredom: Effortful willpower balances exploitation and exploration.
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- Boredom is the root of all evil-or is it? A psychometric network approach to individual differences in behavioural responses to boredom.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- 24 Hours on the Run-Does Boredom Matter for Ultra-Endurance Athletes' Crises?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Disturbance of desire-goal motivational dynamics during different exercise intensity domains.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2022Article
- Boredom Proneness Predicts Self-Assessed Decision Errors in Sports but Is Unrelated to Risk Taking in General.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Boredom Makes Me Sick: Adolescents' Boredom Trajectories and Their Health-Related Quality of Life.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A Primer on the Role of Boredom in Self-Controlled Sports and Exercise Behavior.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
The continuous revaluation of rewards lies at the core of Ainslie's account of willpower. Yet, he does not explicate the underlying experiential mechanisms. We draw upon theoretical, neuroscientific, and computational evidence to demonstrate that boredom evokes revaluation. By biasing behavior toward exploration, boredom necessitates effortful willpower to balance it against exploitation, thereby rendering suppression a highly adaptive function of willpower.
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