We all experience times of boredom, such as when travelling home on the bus or waiting to be called for our appointment in the GP surgery. If you’re anything like me, you might reach for your phone and begin skipping through videos on Instagram or TikTok. But does this actually help you to feel less bored?
Not according to recent research by Katy Tam and Michael Inzlicht (2024). Their findings confirmed my own experience – people did tend to skip between different short videos on their phones when they are bored. However, when they asked participants to rate their boredom level, they found that people who skip between short videos experienced more boredom than people who watched one longer video.
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