Why Your Brain Would Rather Be Shocked Than Bored

Why Your Brain Would Rather Be Shocked Than Bored    • Why Your Brain Would Rather Be Shocked Tha...   Psychologists left people alone in an empty room with nothing but their thoughts — and a button that gave them an electric shock. Many of them pressed it. In this video we look at the "Just think" experiments, why boredom can feel worse than pain, why your phone has become the modern shock button, and four research-backed ways to make peace with your own mind. Chapters 0:00 The empty room 0:41 Meet Sam 1:31 The "Just think" experiments 2:57 The shock button 3:48 Worse than sadness? 4:16 Why your brain hates boredom 5:16 Boredom is an alarm 6:25 How to debug the bug 8:30 Back in the room Research mentioned Wilson et al. (2014). Just think: The challenges of the disengaged mind. Science. Nederkoorn et al. (2016). Self-inflicted pain out of boredom. Psychiatry Research. Killingsworth & Gilbert (2010). A wandering mind is an unhappy mind. Science. Westgate & Wilson (2018). Boring thoughts and bored minds: The MAC model of boredom and cognitive engagement. Psychological Review. Westgate et al. (2017). With a little help for our thoughts: Making it easier to think for pleasure. Emotion. Mann & Cadman (2014). Does being bored make us more creative? Creativity Research Journal. This video is for educational purposes only and is not medical or psychological advice. How long do you think you'd last in that room before pressing the button? Tell me in the comments. #boredom #psychology #debugyourbrain