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John Eastwood

Title: Associate Professor of Psychology

Institution: York University

Discipline: Psychology & Psychoanalysis

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Notable: Co-author of 'Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom' (Harvard University Press); Principal Investigator at The Boredom Lab; pioneered the definition of boredom as 'the uncomfortable feeling of wanting, but being unable, to engage our mind'; teaches psychotherapy in the Clinical Psychology graduate program

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Biography

John D. Eastwood is a clinical psychologist and leading expert on boredom who has been exploring the unengaged mind for over 20 years. He is the Principal Investigator at The Boredom Lab at York University and co-author of 'Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom.' His approach to boredom is broadly informed by the humanities but focused on understanding boredom from cognitive and clinical psychology perspectives.

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