What
is
boredom?
Why
does
the
mind
wander?
What
does
boredom
look
like
in
the
brain?
How
can
we
eliminate
boredom
in
the
classroom?
Engaging the Wandering Mind: Exploring the cognitive, neural and applied consequences of boredom.
Schedule
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Coffee and pastries. Outside room 1502
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Discussion Session 1: Defining boredom and mind-wandering.
Wijnand Van Tilburg (King’s College London, UK)
Title: Boredom begs to differ: Differentiating boredom among negative emotions.
John Eastwood (York University, Canada)
Title: Clarifying the distinction and connection between boredom and mind wandering: A conceptual model.
Andreas Elpidorou (University of Louisville, USA)
Title: Self-regulation and boredom.
11:00 – 12:00 Poster Session – Hallway outside room 1502
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch for Speakers (Room 1507)
1:30 – 3:30 Discussion Session 2: Applied consequences of boredom and mind wandering.
Sidney D’Mello (University of Notre Dame, USA)
Title: Mind wandering and its mitigation during comprehension activities.
Evan Risko (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Title: Mind-wandering in recorded lectures.
Mike Dixon (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Title: Dark flow in the “reel” world: Problem gamblers, mindfulness difficulties, and becoming absorbed during slot machine play.
Dan Smilek (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Title: Mind wandering and performance in live undergraduate lectures.
Mark Fenske (University of Guelph)
Title: What does fidgeting have to do with boredom and attention?
3:30 – 4:00 Coffee and pastries. Outside room 1502
4:00 – 5:00 Discussion Session 3: Neural correlates of boredom and mind wandering.
Kalina Christoff (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Title: The neuroscience of spontaneous thought.
James Danckert (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Title: Is the resting state scan just a measure of boredom?
Claire Zedelius (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Title: States of mind: The signatures of mind wandering and focus.
6:00 pm Dinner for Invited Speakers at Sole Restaurant (https://www.sole.ca/)