Are people bored during the pandemic? Why? A round-up of recent talks and interviews with lab members surrounding boredom and why people might be experiencing it during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Updated 7/7/2020)

Op-Eds/Columns
The Conversation - 6 Things You Can Do To Cope with Boredom at a Time of Social Distancing (March 27, 2020)
Education Week - What Students Truly Mean When They Say They're Bored (And What To Do About It) (September 9, 2020)
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News Articles
The Washington Post - These are Boom Times for Boredom and the Researchers Who Study It (March 28, 2020)
WIRED - This Pandemic is Perilously Boring (March 31, 2020)
Gainesville Sun - Alachua County copes with virus' spread, tribulations (March 28, 2020)
The Times - Coronavirus Lockdown: Bored Yet? Good (April 5, 2020)
The Hill - Booze, Peanut Butter, & Guns: Why Americans' Shopping Lists Changed During Coronavirus (April 5, 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)
New York Times Op-Ed (Syon Bhanot) - You're Stronger Than Your Quarantine Fatigue (May 5, 2020)​
CNN - Boredom may have some benefits...if you do it right (May 7, 2020)
The Boston Globe - The Difficulty of Doing Nothing (May 31, 2020)
The New Yorker - What Does Boredom Do To Us - And For Us? (August 20, 2020)

Podcasts
99% Invisible -Interview; The Natural Experiment  (May 5, 2020)
APA Speaking of Psychology - Interview; The Most Boring Podcast Ever (April 16, 2020)
Inside the Chrysalis - King Lear or Existential Crisis? Boredom and Covid (May 29, 2020)
Vox, Today Explained - Why Boredom Can Be Good For You (August 15, 2020)

Television
WCBJ (Gainesville ABC local news) - UF Professor Discusses How to Fight Boredom While Stuck at Home (April 3, 2020)
KZTV (Corpus Christi CBS "Costal Living" Feature) - Tackling the Boredom Blues (July 2020)

And ​check out our Reddit AMA!

Faculty and grad students from the UF social area (and across psychology) got together over the weekend at Erin Westgate's home for fall pumpkin carving festivities. Highlights include a #UF gator-lantern, free-handed by talented Lauren & Steve Weisberg (faculty in cog psych), and fantastic pumpkin attempts by the department psych kiddos!