Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Psychophysiology. 2021 Jun;58(6):e13816. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13816. Epub 2021 Mar 25.
Boredom, the unfulfilled desire to be engaged in a satisfying mental activity, is an aversive state characterized by poor self-regulation. There is ample evidence that both state and trait boredom are associated with failures of attention in both experimental and everyday settings. The neural correlates of boredom, however, remain underexplored. We recorded electroencephalographic signal from 83 participants during a resting state and while performing a go/no-go task. We found a negative correlation between trait boredom proneness and power in the alpha and theta bands during the resting state. Furthermore, higher levels of task-induced boredom were associated with reduced amplitudes for the P3 and error-related negativity event-related potentials. Increased commission error rates were also associated with higher levels of task-induced boredom. We conclude that state and trait boredom are associated with inadequate engagement of attentional resources.
无聊，即无法从事令人满意的精神活动的未满足欲望，是一种以自我调节能力差为特征的厌恶状态。有充分的证据表明，无论是状态性无聊还是特质性无聊，都与实验和日常环境中的注意力失败有关。然而，无聊感的神经相关性仍未得到充分探索。我们在 83 名参与者进行静息状态和进行 Go/No-Go 任务时记录了脑电图信号。我们发现，在静息状态下，特质性无聊倾向与阿尔法和 theta 频段的功率呈负相关。此外，较高水平的任务诱发的无聊感与 P3 和错误相关负波事件相关电位的幅度降低有关。较高的误报错误率也与较高水平的任务诱发的无聊感有关。我们的结论是，状态性无聊和特质性无聊与注意力资源的投入不足有关。
