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Rich environments, dull experiences: how environment can exacerbate the effect of constraint on the experience of boredom

Andriy A. Struka Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Abigail A. Scholera Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8531-4436View further author information
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Paul Selib Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USAView further author information
Pages 1517-1523 | Received 07 May 2019, Accepted 24 Apr 2020, Published online: 13 May 2020

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