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Boredom
BBC - Why Boredom is Interesting (August 20, 2018)
Das Magazin - Interview; Schöne Unterbrechung (January 2016)
Dawn Parsonage (UK Artist) - Boring Exhibition (July 2019)
Quartz - What to Do When You're Bored at Work (August 27, 2019)
The Conversation - 6 Things You Can Do To Cope with Boredom at a Time of Social Distancing (March 27, 2020)
The Washington Post - These are Boom Times for Boredom and the Researchers Who Study It (March 28, 2020)
Gainesville Sun - Alachua County copes with virus' spread, tribulations (March 28, 2020)
WIRED - This Pandemic is Perilously Boring (March 31, 2020)

WCBJ (Gainesville ABC local news) - UF Professor Discusses How to Fight Boredom While Stuck at Home (April 3, 2020)
The Times - Coronavirus Lockdown: Bored Yet? Good (April 5, 2020)
APA Speaking of Psychology - Interview; The Most Boring Podcast Ever (April 16, 2020)

Financial Times - How to tap into creativity during lockdown (April 22, 2020)
Voice of America - People flock to US hardware stores during Coronavirus pandemic (April 23, 2020)
CNN - Boredom may have some benefits...if you do it right (May 7, 2020)​
99% Invisible - The Natural Experiment  (May 5, 2020)
Inside the Chrysalis - King Lear or Existential Crisis? Boredom and Covid (May 29, 2020)

KZTV (Corpus Christi CBS "Costal Living" Feature) - Tackling the Boredom Blues (July 2020)
NPR WHYY - Boredom Making the Most of It (July 9, 2020)
Vox, Today Explained - Why Boredom Can Be Good For You (August 15, 2020)

The New Yorker - What Does Boredom Do To Us - And For Us? (August 20, 2020)
Education Week - What Students Truly Mean When They Say They're Bored (And What To Do About It) (September 9, 2020)

Science News - In the social distancing era, boredom may pose a public health threat (February 15, 2021)
BBC - How Boredom can be a Force for Good or Bad​ (February 16, 2021)
New York Times- The Boredom Economy (February 20, 2021)
The Independent - Groundhog Year (March 29, 2021)
CBC - This is Your Brain on Pandemic (April 1, 2021)

Calgary Journal - The effects of the pandemic on cannabis use in teens (June 2, 2021)
Psychology Is - Why You Get Bored and What to Do About It (June 22, 2021)
Neuroscience Watercooler - What is Boredom to a Psychologist (July 2021)

The Washington Post - Boredom’s link to mental illnesses, brain injuries, and dysfunctional behaviors (July 17, 2021)
BBC World News - Live Interview; Boredom During the Pandemic (July 22, 2021)
Happify - Beat Boredom With These 3 Tips (September 2, 2021)
Runner's World - Bored on Your Long Run? As It Turns Out, Experts Say This Isn’t Such a Bad Thing (December 3, 2021)
Psychology Is - Why you get bored and what to do about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4LP8Xym2xk (June 2021)
Watercooler Neuroscience - What is Boredom to a Psychologist (July 2021)
Freakonomics: No Stupid Questions - How Can You Avoid Boredom (December 12, 2021)
Brain for Business - Podcast; Why Boredom is Interesting (March 9, 2022)
Mornings with Simi 980 CKNW - Podcast; Does Boredom Cause Aggression? (January 14, 2022)
You're So Cool with Rob Medina - YouTube Interview; Episode #56: Erin Westgate! (June 24, 2022)
Washington Post - Boredom is a warning sign. Here’s what it’s telling you (September 22, 2022)

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Just Thinking
The New York Times - No Time To Think (July 25, 2014)
​Discover Magazine - Top 100 Studies of 2014: A Jolt for Dull Thoughts (November 26, 2014)
NPR Science Friday - Interview; What's So Bad About Being Alone With Your Thoughts? (July 11, 2014)
The Atlantic - People Prefer Electric Shocks to Being Alone With Their Thoughts (July 3, 2014)
TIME - You Would Rather Endure Electric Shocks Than Sit Alone With Your Thoughts, Study Finds (July 3, 2014)
Die Welt - Selbst Elektroschocks sind schöner als Nichtstun (July 4, 2014)
ORF Austrian Public Radio - Lieber Elektroschocks als Nichtstun (July 4, 2014)
Greater Good Magazine - How to Enjoy Being Alone With Your Thoughts (November 1, 2017)
The Hill - Booze, Peanut Butter, & Guns: Why Americans' Shopping Lists Changed During Coronavirus (April 5, 2020)
New York Times Op-Ed (Syon Bhanot) - You're Stronger Than Your Quarantine Fatigue (May 5, 2020)

The Boston Globe - The Difficulty of Doing Nothing (May 31, 2020)
Washington Post - Daydreaming May Help With Covid Stress (March 12, 2021)

Science Friday - Why is Daydreaming Difficult for Grown-ups? (March 12, 2021)
​Forbes - New Research Finds Daydreaming is Good for Our Health (March 23, 2021)
​Inc Magazine - You're Probably Terrible at Daydreaming (March 31, 2021)

Popular Science - Daydreaming Can Have Loads of Benefits - if You Do it Right (April 7, 2021)
The New York Times - Daydreaming Can Be Good For You (April 10, 2021)
Book Riot - Books To Help You Daydream (April 16, 2021)
Fatherly - Men Would Rather Shock Themselves Than Be Alone With Their Thoughts (July 20, 2021)
Well + Good - Here’s How to Practice 30 Minutes of Mood-Boosting Time (September 8, 2021)
Chicago Daily Herald - Dream a (little) daydream, it’s good for you (November 7, 2021)
Science Friday - The Best of Science Friday 2021, featuring Why is Daydreaming Difficult for Grown-ups? (December 16, 2021)
The New York Times - In Defense of Daydreaming (August 4, 2022) 


The Psychologically Rich Life
Scientific American - In Defense of the Psychologically Rich Life (August 18, 2020)
Quartz - Psychologists say a good life doesn't have to be happy, or even meaningful (August 20, 2021)
ScienceAlert - A 'Good' Life Doesn't Necessarily Have to Be Happy, New Psychology Research Shows (August 24, 2021)
Psychology Today - Beyond Happiness: Why a Psychologically Rich Life Is a Good Life (August 28, 2021)
ScienceNews - Perspective-changing experiences, good or bad, can lead to richer lives (September 1, 2021)
ScienceNews - What can science tell us about living a good life? (September 4, 2021)
Qrius - Psychological richness vs happiness (September 10, 2021)
LifeHacker - The Most Important Thing for Living a Fulfilling Life, According to Psychologists (September 16, 2021)
Financial Times - Why heading back to the office could bring us all “psychological richness” (September 29, 2021)
Vox - A good life is painful (December 13, 2021)
Behind the Brilliance - How to create a psychologically rich life (March 17, 2022)
LitHub - Apparently those who read literary fiction – but not other kinds – have a more “complex worldview” (July 8, 2022)


Bedtime Procrastination
UF News - Why do we rebel against bedtime? (September 24, 2021)

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Implicit Attitudes & Anti-LGBTQ+ Bias
The New York Times - Bias Against Gay People is Even Decreasing on an Unconscious Level (July 30, 2015)
New York Magazine -  People Are More Homophobic Than They Say They Are (July 28, 2015)
Pacific Standard Magazine - Anti-Gay Bias Is Even Diminishing on an Unconscious Level (July 23, 2015)
Huffington Post - Americans Become More Accepting of Gays Every Day, Study Suggests (July 24, 2015)
SPSP Blog  - Guest Blog; Implicit Anti-Gay Bias Has Decreased – and the Change is Accelerating (September 2, 2015)
PNAS - How Online Studies Are Transforming Psychology Research (November 24, 2015)
APS Monitor - The Bias Beneath: Two Decades of Measuring Implicit Attitudes (February 2018)


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