💭 Having little to do could spark creativity – while scrolling through your feeds will have the opposite effect, experts have claimed.⁠ ⁠ Scrolling mindlessly through attention-grabbing posts, videos and threads prevents the build-up of “profound boredom” needed to spur people on to new passions or skills.⁠ ⁠ Instead, people find themselves in a state of “superficial boredom”, which does not spark creative thought, according to researchers at the University of Bath.⁠ ⁠ 🗣️ Dr Timothy Hill, an associate professor of management marketing, business and society at Bath, and co-author of the study, said: “The problem we observed was that social media can alleviate superficial boredom. ⁠ ⁠ “But that distraction sucks up time and energy, and may prevent people progressing to a state of profound boredom, where they might discover new passions.”⁠ ⁠ Read more on this study at the link in bio 🔗