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Study: while people fast-forward or skip videos to avoid boredom, this behaviour can actually make them feel more bored ⏩️ “Enjoyment often comes from immersing ourselves in videos rather than swiping through them” - Katy Tam theguardian.com/science/articl…

New shinyApp to calculate scale scores w. your data. The app will calculate alpha and omega. The latter can be used w. multidimensional scales, and you can set # of dimensions. The app also gives an undirected network plot of items. gregdepow.com/?page_id=429 #scicomm #psychometrics

It was great chatting with Dr. Bunge on AI chatbots, mindfulness, and mental health! Preprint with NormanFarb: doi.org/10.31234/osf.i… Interview link: youtube.com/watch?v=TCRqKZ…

Switching quickly between digital media doesn't reduce boredom. It intensifies it. 7 experiments: Skipping and swiping through segments to sustain interest backfires. Divided attention thwarts satisfaction and meaning. Enjoyment depends on full immersion in one task at a time.

Now Published! nature.com/articles/s4427…

Latest on Substack: Ever feel like you’re consuming more but enjoying less? Yeah, there’s research for that. Turns out constant switching between content might be why we’re all quietly bored out of our minds. Read if you’re already scrolling aimlessly.

There has been an increase in reports of boredom and greater use of digital media recently. Digital media may exacerbate boredom via multiple pathways including dividing attention and reducing sense of meaning. Katy Tam Michael Inzlicht nature.com/articles/s4427…

Do TikTok, Snapchat, and Netflix leave you feeling empty or bored? Research suggests that boredom is on the rise, and digital media could be to blame. Read my latest article for Psychology Today which is based on interesting work by Katy Tam psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/stre…

I'm excited to share with you all that my paper on A Positive Empathy Intervention to Improve Well-being on Instagram with Michael Inzlicht and Victoria Oldemburgo de Mello has been accepted for publication at Emotion!🥳 We tested a brief intervention to increase positive #empathy and improve 1/3 📷

📃New Preprint: Work time has steadily decreased, leading to greater amounts of leisure. But work is a substantial source of meaning. Our latest research suggests effortful leisure can supplement the diminishing time at work as a source of meaning in daily life.

🚨🚨Overjoyed to announce that my paper on empathic AI has been published in the journal of Communications Psychology! I could not have done it without my amazing colleagues, Victoria Oldemburgo de Mello and Michael Inzlicht.🚨🚨 I hope you enjoy! Link below: doi.org/10.1038/s44271…

1/ New paper led by Dariya Ovsyannikova and with Victoria Oldemburgo de Mello Can AI out-empathize humans? Yes. In a new paper, participants rated AI-generated responses as more compassionate than those from regular folks and even expert crisis responders. nature.com/articles/s4427…

Does effort make life more meaningful? Was Sisyphus living the dream? In our new paper (now accepted in Cognition!), across 6 studies with nearly 3,000 participants, we found that more effortful tasks feel more meaningful 🧵

Want to feel better after using Instagram? Our new paper shows how. It's not about what you post, it's about how you respond to others' joy. In 4 studies (N=1327), focusing on sharing & caring about others' positive emotions improved mood & life satisfaction.

My paper with Michael Inzlicht was accepted at Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin🥳. In it, we examine how trait measures of empathy predict everyday state empathy, and what this teaches us about how we measure and experience empathy: osf.io/preprints/psya… #empathy #scicomm

"For much of his career, he’s been exploring a connected set of ideas around boredom, self-control and the relationship between work and play. In other words, how we choose to spend our time – and why." magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ideas…

Is spending time in #nature a remedy for boredom? 🌳⛰️ 🌻 🌍 In Journal of Experimental Psychology: General APA Journals we examined the impact of natural (vs artificial) environments on #boredom. Open Access: 🔗lnkd.in/en2Hp5d3 🧵below: