Researchers at the University of Michigan, led by Daniel Weissman, studied the interactions that occur between multiple areas of the brain when boredom sets in, and discovered that, as attention fades, so does the intensity at which several nervous centers communicate. The results were obtained by keeping volunteers into MRI chambers and subjecting them to tedious tasks for prolonged periods of time.
The researcher set out to study exactly what happens inside the brain when boredom sets in because he noticed how, during a repetitive activity, people simply seem to disconnect their brains and pay little attention to the thing they are doing, provided that they have the experience to complete it blindfolded.
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