The Brain Science of Boredom

Brain Vlog 29. In this week's episode of the Brain Vlog, Gregory explains how being bored activates the Default Mode Network, which leads to some of our best thinking.

[warlock]

God bless Gregory.
Alaways been an admirer of your work.

[PaintingwithNicola]

Love the way you present. Yes this always works for me, ask my unconscious mind to come up with something. Thanks

[Dave-Galt]

While it's true that an "inactive" mind can be very creative, it is no longer true once the inactivity lasts long enough for the person to complain about it. When my kids would complain about being bored, I would reply to them that they weren't "bored, " they were "boring." I explained that the more interests they pursued, the less bored they would be. And now as adults they lead the most fascinating lives.

[nicolesimon]

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[durofsh]

What if the default mode network is depression?

[a-s]

wow i never thought of it like that ! but I'm afraid to be board because my brain will bring all the negative thoughts , so I just try to be busy with anything ... i dont know if this is a good idea lol . but what to do if all I think about is negative when board .

great channel <3

[yomaxdog]

Does anyone happen to know where those scenes like the one at 2:05 are from? I see “Stephan Tv” in some but can’t find the actual source material online.

[a.s.]

similar to artificial neural networks brute force