tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post7222418874995144110..comments2024-03-28T09:41:15.454-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: Boredom - a Lively HistoryDeric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-36739987805066067612011-08-06T08:33:53.037-05:002011-08-06T08:33:53.037-05:00Thanks for the comments!Thanks for the comments!Deric Bowndshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-58642476589789106892011-08-06T07:20:37.671-05:002011-08-06T07:20:37.671-05:00I think the concept of boredom is very exciting :)...I think the concept of boredom is very exciting :) from a neuroscientific point of view as well as from a clinical psychological one. When my clients tell me they are bored, I check for clinical depression since boredom is one symptom of depression. I have an intuition that George Sanders may have suffered from depression. But even non-depressed persons can feel depressed if they have no DREAMS, no passionate goals for the future. Also there is psychological research that some people require much more stimulation than others to avoid being bored and they are called "High Sensation Seekers".<br />From a neuroscientific point of view, High sensation seekers have been shown to adapt or habituate more quickly to a repetitive visual stimulus. (Brain responses to repeated visual experience among low and high sensation seekers: Role of boredom susceptibility. <br />By Jiang, Yang; Lianekhammy, Joann; Lawson, Adam; Guo, Chunyan; Lynam, Donald; Joseph, Jane E.; Gold, Brian T.; Kelly, Thomas H.<br />Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, Vol 173(2), Aug 30, 2009, 100-106.)Dr. Brian Scotthttp://www.psychologymatters.asianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-35977883981563959642011-08-04T20:34:29.343-05:002011-08-04T20:34:29.343-05:00In "A philosophy of boredom" Lars Svends...In "A philosophy of boredom" Lars Svendsen argues that boredom is a modern phenonemon and is a by-product of the modernist project of self improvement. The word was invented relatively recently and doesn't really exist in older languages.Jim Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415199338332642534noreply@blogger.com