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James Danckert
University of Waterloo

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Publications


For a review of the mental model updating work see:

Adapting to Change: The Role of the Right Hemisphere in Mental Model Building and Updating
Filipowicz, A., Anderson, B., & Danckert, J. (2016). Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70, 201–218.

 

For a recent account of the boredom work see:

In search of boredom: Beyond a functional account
Danckert, J. & Elpidorou, A. (2023). Trends in Cognitive Science.


 
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Boredom signals deviation from a cognitive homeostatic set point.

Trudel, C., Risko, E. F., Eastwood, J. D., van Tilburg, W. A., Elpidorou, A., & Danckert, J. (2025). Boredom signals deviation from a cognitive homeostatic set point. Communications Psychology, 3, 22.

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journal article, 2025James DanckertJune 4, 2025
In search of boredom: Beyond a functional account

Danckert, J. & Elpidorou, A. (2023). Trends in Cognitive Science, (2023).

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journal article, 2023James DanckertAugust 9, 2023
Boredom in the COVID-19 pandemic: Trait boredom proneness, the desire to act, and rule breaking

Boylan, J., Seli P., Scholer, A.A., & Danckert, J. (in press). Personality and Individual Differences

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journal article, 2020James DanckertNovember 13, 2020
Rich environments, dull experiences: How environment can exacerbate the effect of constraint on the experience of boredom.

Struk, A.A., Scholer, A.A., Danckert, J. & Seli P. (2020). Cognition and Emotion, 34, 1517-1523. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2020.1763919

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journal article, 2020James DanckertJuly 30, 2020
Boredom: What Is It Good For?

Danckert, J., Mugon, J., Struk, A., & Eastwood, J.D. (2018). In H. Lench (Ed.), The Function of Emotions. Springer, NY; pp. 93–119.

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2019, journal articleScienceSitesJuly 30, 2020
Self-Regulation and the Foraging Gene (PRKG1) in Humans

Struk, A.A., Mugon, J., Huston, A., Scholer, A.A., Stadler, G., Higgins, E.T., Sokolowski, M.B., & Danckert, J. (2019). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 116 (10) 4434-4439. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1809924116.

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journal article, 2019ScienceSitesNovember 22, 2019
Statistical Learning Impairments as a Consequence of Stroke

Shaqiri, A., Danckert, J., Burnett, L., & Anderson, B. (2018). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12, 339.

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2018, journal articleScienceSitesNovember 22, 2019
Rejecting Outliers: Surprising Changes Do Not Always Improve Belief Updating

Filipowicz, A., Valadao, D., & Anderson, B., & Danckert, J.* (2018). Decision, 5, 165–176.

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2018, journal articleScienceSitesNovember 21, 2019
Exploring the Relationship Between Boredom and Self-Control in TBI

Isacescu, J., & Danckert, J. (2018). Experimental Brain Research Special Topic on Boredom and Mind-Wandering, 236, 2493–2505.

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2018, journal articleScienceSitesNovember 21, 2019
Boredom, Sustained Attention and the Default Mode Network

Danckert, J., & Merrifield, C. (2018). Experimental Brain Research Special Topic on Boredom and Mind-Wandering, 236, 2507–2518.

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2018, journal articleScienceSitesNovember 21, 2019
Updating Impairments and the Failure to Generate New Hypotheses Following Right Brain Damage

Stottinger, E., Guay, C.L., Danckert, J., & Anderson, B.* (2018). Experimental Brain Research, 236, 1749–1765.

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2018, journal articleScienceSitesNovember 21, 2019
The Neural Systems for Perceptual Updating

Stottinger, E., Aichhorn, M., Anderson, B., & Danckert, J.* (2018). Neuropsychologia, 112, 86–94. IF=3.57

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2018, journal articleScienceSitesNovember 21, 2019
Boredom: Under-Aroused and Restless

Danckert, J., Hammerschmidt, T., Marty-Dugas, J., & Smilek, D. (2018). Consciousness & Cognition, 61, 24–37. IF=2.38

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journal article, 2018ScienceSitesNovember 21, 2019
Cognitive and Affective Predictors of Boredom Proneness

Isacescu, J., Struk, A., & Danckert, J. (2017). Cognition & Emotion, 31, 1741–1748.

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journal article, 2017ScienceSitesNovember 21, 2019
“You’re on Ten, Where Can You Go From There?” Tufnel Problems in Repeated Experiential Judgements

Cheyne, J.A., Bonin, T., Wright, C., Carriere, J.S.A., Danckert, J., & Smilek, D. (2016). Consciousness and Cognition, 42, 311–324.

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2016, journal articleScienceSitesNovember 21, 2019

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James Danckert

Department of Psychology
University of Waterloo

200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario,
N2L 3G1 Canada

Phone: 519-888-4567 ext. 47014
Fax: 519-746-8631
Email: jdancker@uwaterloo.ca

 

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