How Effortful is Boredom? Studying Self-Control Demands Through Pupillometryuse asterix (*) to get italics

Vanessa C. Radtke, Wanja Wolff, Corinna S. MartarelliPlease use the format "First name initials family name" as in "Marie S. Curie, Niels H. D. Bohr, Albert Einstein, John R. R. Tolkien, Donna T. Strickland"

2023

<p>Self-control is essential for managing our actions, yet its exertion is perceived as effortful. Performing a task may require effort not only because of its inherent difficulty but also due to its potential for inducing boredom, as boredom has been shown to be self-control demanding by itself. So far, the extent of self-control demands during boredom and its temporal dynamics remain elusive. We will employ a multimethod approach to address this knowledge gap. Ninety-five participants will take part in an easy and hard version of the Stroop task. During both tasks, they will indicate several times their current sensation of task difficulty, boredom, boredom-related cognitive effort, difficulty-related cognitive effort, overall effort, and fatigue. We will test if pupil size, as a physiological indicator for cognitive effort, is predicted more accurately by overall cognitive effort (difficulty- and boredom-related) than by task-difficulty-related cognitive effort alone. This research will uncover the level of cognitive effort in experiencing boredom which is pertinent not only for self-control research but also to any research area dealing with boredom or the performance of repetitive tasks.</p>

Self-Control, Boredom, Cognitive Effort, Pupillometry, Stroop Task

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Humanities, Social sciences

Julia Englert suggested: Prof. Malte Friese and der Universität des Saarlandes wäre mEn ein guter Fit (malte.friese@uni-saarland.de) , Julia Englert suggested: Dr. Karolin Gieseler (karolin.gieseler@uni-saarland.de) and Lasse Wennerhold (lasse.wennerhold@uni-saarland.de) aus seiner Abteilung scheinen ebenfalls einschlägige Erfahrung zu haben. , Erik Bijleveld suggested: Hi Thomas, this is a great fit with my interests. I will try to do this before Christmas, but I am working towards a ERC deadline (dec 12) and I am a bit full with commitments between December 13-22 as well. I can't work during the Christmas holiday, so, I might have to do this in the week of January 8. Please let me know if this works for you. Otherwise you could ask Jonas Dora, University of Washington. , Erik Bijleveld suggested: Erik, Karolin Gieseler [karolin.gieseler@uni-saarland.de] suggested: Leopold Roth, leopold.roth@univie.ac.at , Karolin Gieseler [karolin.gieseler@uni-saarland.de] suggested: Dr. Christopher Mlynski, christopher.mlynski@univie.ac.at

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Thomas Meyer