BORED? NO I'M GENIUS
Daily Star|February 22, 2024
Dull tasks boost skills
KATE NELSON
BORED? NO I'M GENIUS

FEELING bored is good for us, a brain boffin has claimed.

Professor James Danckert says we should see boredom as a "call to do something different" - instead of getting down in the dumps - as it could propel us into being geniuses.

The cognitive neuroscientist gave the example of Jimi Hendrix who transformed into a guitar god after getting bored with playing the same old chords.

This story is from the February 22, 2024 edition of Daily Star.

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