We’ve filled every quiet moment, but boredom once had a purpose. What happens when it disappears—and what might we lose along ...

The idea that we need more boredom in our overstimulated lives is popular right now. One neuroscientist is calling B.S. on it ...

As strange as it may sound, boredom can also help improve focus. When we’re always switching between apps and screens, our ...

Millennial parents of today’s generation of kids grew up in a unique, budding world of technology, which also coexisted during a time of pure, organically created boredom. It was a time when weekend ...

Dad, I’ m bored,” one of my kids says to me with a vocal tone and body language I can only really describe as “invertebrate”.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boredom is a normal part of being human. However, like pain, it can serve a purpose, often motivating someone to take action. (CNN ...

We have all experienced boredom—that feeling of waning interest or decreased mental stimulation. Eventually we lose focus, we disengage. Time seems to pass slowly, and we may even start to feel ...

Experts say the sustenance parallel is apt: Boredom functions like pain or thirst, signaling us that something needs to change. But the theory that boredom spawns creativity turns out to have “pretty ...

New research suggests that the psychological traits of mothers and fathers may influence their children’s attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder tendencies and boredom levels in distinct ways. The ...

Don’t judge a person until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. Wise advice; but not so easy to do. How can we enter into the lived experience of another person—how can we think their thoughts and ...