Martarelli, Corinna S; Weibel, David; Popic, Deian; Wolff, Wanja (2024). Time in suspense: investigating boredom and related states in a virtual waiting room. (In Press). Cognition & emotion, pp. 1-15. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/02699931.2024.2349279
Full text not available from this repository.We studied the role of time in the experience of boredom and its relationship with various psychological states using virtual reality. Sixty-six participants visited nine virtual waiting rooms and evaluated their perception of time and psychological experiences, including boredom, exhaustion, restlessness, amotivation, frustration, anger, unhappiness, spontaneous and deliberate mind-wandering, fantasy, and absorption. Results confirmed the relationship between boredom and time perception, showing that the higher the levels of boredom, the slower time seems to pass. However, manipulating time-related information via a slower/faster ticking clock did not affect boredom. We also found that boredom increased as participants progressed through the nine virtual rooms, and its affective characterisation over time remained stable, while its cognitive characterisation fluctuated. While boredom was consistently associated with exhaustion, restlessness, amotivation, and frustration, its relationship with fantasy, absorption, spontaneous mind-wandering and deliberate mind-wandering, evolved over time. These findings provide novel insights into the intricate and differentiated cognitive and affective consequences of being bored.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Methodology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education > Educational Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Weibel, David, Wolff, Wanja |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education 100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
1464-0600 |
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
Language: |
English |
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Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
14 May 2024 10:47 |
Last Modified: |
30 May 2024 09:09 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/02699931.2024.2349279 |
PubMed ID: |
38738651 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Boredom time information time perception virtual reality |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/196748 |
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