Nothingismoretiresomethanbeingstuckinaboringclass.Everysecondtakesagestotickby.ArecentsurveyofAmericankidsrevealedthat91percentexperienceboredom.Infact,adolescenceisconsideredapeakperiodfortheproblem.One
Nothingismoretiresome thanbeingstuckinaboringclass.Everysecondtakesages totickby.ArecentsurveyofAmericankidsrevealedthat91percentexperienceboredom.Infact,adolescenceisconsideredapeakperiodfortheproblem.Onestudyshowedthatroughlyoneinthreeteenagerswasboredatschool.
PeterStromberg,professorattheUniversityofTulsasays,"Ourbrainsadaptreallyquicklytocertainlevelsofstimulation(刺激).Wegetusedtothemediaprovidinglevelsofhighlyemotionalstimulation,andwhenwe'renotgettingthemwefeelbored.Asoursocietydevelopsvarious waysofkeepingusentertained,wemaydiscoverthatratherthan gettingridof boredom,we'remultiplying it."Luckily,newresearchis implying awaythatwecan battle thetrend.
ProfessorJohnD.EastwoodoftheUniversityofYorkdevelopedanewtheoryofboredom,whichlinksittothebrain'sattentionsystem-thepartofthebrainthatweusetofocus.Anythingtheattentionsysteminyourbrainlocksontowillbeautomaticallysuckedupintoyourconsciousawareness-itmightbeabirdoutsidethewindow,thepleasantsmelloflunch,orevensomeonesleepinginthebackoftheclass.
Theproblemisthatyourattentionsystemdoesn'tlikebeingtoldwhattodo.Itwantstofocusonstuffthatyoufindfunandinteresting.Forthepartsofschoolthatyouenjoy,thisisn'taproblem.Butforthoseclassesthatdon'tinterestyou,orpresenttoomuchortoolittlechallenge,thestoryisverydifferent.Inthosesituations,you'regoingtohavetospendalotofeffortconstantlyredirectingyourattentionsystem tofocusonthingsitwouldratherignore.Andtheeffortisgoingtowearyouout.Eastwooddescribesitas"wanting,butbeingunable,tobeinvolved inasatisfyingactivity."It'slikeablockinthesystem.Andit'stheawarenessofthatblockcombined withasensethattheenvironmentistoblamethatleadstofeelingsofboredom.
Whenwe'reboredweblametheworldaroundus,butEastwood'stheorychallengesthisassumption:Boredomdoesn'texistoutthere;itexistsinsideyourbrain.Whatthatmeansis-hardasitmaybetohear-boringlessonsaren'tonlythefaultofyourteacherorthesubject,they'reyourfaulttoo.
67.AccordingtoPeterStromberg,___.