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Better Memory Begets Boredom

Science Quickly

Scientific American

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4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2017

⏱️ 3 minutes

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The better study participants scored in the memory test, the faster they got bored. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Scientific Americans 60 Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkins. This will just take a minute.

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Summer's here and it won't be long before school-aged kids across America start complaining that they're tired of riding their bikes, playing at the park, swimming in the pool,

0:47.0

and all the other awesome activities their parents hoped would keep them entertained for the next 10 weeks.

0:52.0

Well, if it's any consolation, such rapid onset boredom

0:55.2

could indicate that the kids have amazing powers of recall.

0:58.6

Because a new study shows that the better your short-term memory,

1:02.0

the faster you feel sated and decide you've had enough.

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The findings appear in the Journal of Consumer Research.

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Those satiation can be physical, like when you feel full after eating too much.

1:11.7

We were interested in the psychological side of

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