Bore me (not): boredom impairs recognition memory but not the pupil old/new effect - Alexandra Lapteva, Sarah Schnyder, Wanja Wolff, Corinna S. Martarelli, 2025 Mind-wandering and boredom are common phenomena, characterized by shifts in attention and difficulties in sustaining focus. Despite extensive research on the co...

I am happy to announce that our article "𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞 (𝐧𝐨𝐭): 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐥𝐝/𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭" has been published in QJEP.

To access the article: doi.org/10.1177/1747...

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Why We Forget Most of the Books We Read ... and the movies and TV shows we watch

“In the internet age, #recallmemory —the ability to spontaneously call information up in your mind—has become less necessary... #recognitionmemory is more important— know where that information is at and how to access it”

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