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First-graders were given alternating blocks of trials on a picture-viewing and a simple RT task. Half the Ss were “bored” during picture viewing via repeated exposure to a simple geometric form; the remaining Ss viewed nonrepeated colored pictures of high interest value. Bored girls had significantly slower travel speeds on the RT task than did non-bored girls. For boys, a difference of only slightly lesser magnitude, but in the opposite direction and nonsignificant, was obtained.
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1. I am indebted to John H. Whiteley for his invaluable assistance in various phases of this study.
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Cantor, G.N. Effects of a “boredom” treatment on children’s simple RT performance. Psychon Sci 10, 299–300 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331529
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331529