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Scrolling through online videos increases feelings of boredom, study finds

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83% Informative

Dr Katy Tam at the University of Toronto Scarborough said boredom was closely linked to attention.

She said switching to another video, or skipping forwards and backwards in the same one, actually makes people more bored.

Previous research has suggested that while boredom relief is a driver for people to use social media, the use of such technology appears to make the feeling worse.

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English

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