19 min
James Danckert - Identifying boredom and depression links Mind at Work
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- Self-Improvement
In this episode, my guest is James Danckert. James is a Cognitive Neuroscientist at the University of Waterloo where he studies boredom, attention, mental models, and the consequences of stroke. He lives in Kitchener with his wife and two boys and alleviates his own boredom with a semi-acoustic Fender, sailing whenever feasible, reading, and gardening.
In this episode we talk about:
What boredom is
How to know when you’re in a bored state
How to keep boredom at bay
And boredom’s role in depression
For complete show notes visit: https://www.mindatwork.io/episode/james-danckert-identifying-boredom-and-depression-links
In this episode, my guest is James Danckert. James is a Cognitive Neuroscientist at the University of Waterloo where he studies boredom, attention, mental models, and the consequences of stroke. He lives in Kitchener with his wife and two boys and alleviates his own boredom with a semi-acoustic Fender, sailing whenever feasible, reading, and gardening.
In this episode we talk about:
What boredom is
How to know when you’re in a bored state
How to keep boredom at bay
And boredom’s role in depression
For complete show notes visit: https://www.mindatwork.io/episode/james-danckert-identifying-boredom-and-depression-links
19 min