Fox News: Scientists are taking on boredom. No, they aren’t working on a cure just yet, but they have written a new definition of boredom and outlined the mental processes behind ennui. The researchers, led by psychological scientist John Eastwood of York University in Ontario, Canada, define boredom as “an More
Sueddeutsche Zeitung: In einer Welt des Überflusses herrscht ein steter Mangel: Niemand hat Zeit. Ständig ist was los, der alltägliche Wahnsinn. Die Terminkalender platzen und eine Verabredung, ein Meeting, eine Besprechung soll immer noch untergebracht werden. Ach, und die Kinder müssen zum Sport und der Keller gehört ausgemistet. Die To-do-Listen More
The Boston Globe: It’s a problem so common it may qualify as a new American epidemic: We’ve got no time. Too busy. Overwhelmed by work, family obligations, and the fast-paced nature of a run-ragged world, many Americans — especially working adults, parents of young children, and those with college degrees More
Express Belgium: Aangename activiteiten doen de tijd sneller te lijken gaan, maar vooral de uiteindelijke doelstelling heeft daarin een cruciale functie. Dat is de conclusie van een onderzoek van wetenschappers aan de University of Alabama. De perceptie over het tijdsverloop wordt volgens de Amerikaanse onderzoekers bepaald door de wens om More
Examiner: Scientists Philip Gable and Bryan Pool of the University of Alabama recently decided to investigate the old saying “time flies when you are having fun”. Although they suspected there was some truth to the concept, they hypothesized that this only held true when you were engaged in ‘approach motivation’ More
Though the seconds may tick by on the clock at a regular pace, our experience of the ‘fourth dimension’ is anything but uniform. When we’re waiting in line or sitting in a boring meeting, time seems to slow down to a trickle. And when we get caught up in something More
