Can tasks be inherently boring?
| dc.contributor.author | Charney, Evan | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | England | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-01T16:12:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Kurzban et al. argue that the experiences of "effort," "boredom," and "fatigue" are indications that the costs of a task outweigh its benefits. Reducing the costs of tasks to "opportunity costs" has the effect of rendering tasks costless and of denying that they can be inherently boring or tedious, something that "vigilance tasks" were intentionally designed to be. | |
| dc.identifier | ||
| dc.identifier | S0140525X13000964 | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1469-1825 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | ||
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Behav Brain Sci | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1017/S0140525X13000964 | |
| dc.subject | Humans | |
| dc.subject | Mental Fatigue | |
| dc.subject | Models, Psychological | |
| dc.title | Can tasks be inherently boring? | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| pubs.author-url | ||
| pubs.begin-page | 684 | |
| pubs.issue | 6 | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke Science & Society | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Initiatives | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Institutes and Provost's Academic Units | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Political Science | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Sanford School of Public Policy | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences | |
| pubs.organisational-group | University Institutes and Centers | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published | |
| pubs.volume | 36 |
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