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Are boredom and curiosity opposite poles of the same cognitive mechanism? This somewhat makes sense; both can push one to information-seeking. I never thought about that, but it does highlight the importance of downtime and being a bit bored sometimes. 🧪

www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Specific effects of boredom and curiosity on information-seeking: (A) Boredom and curiosity differently affect information-seeking. Left: Boredom arises in states of low information transmission, largely independent from prior knowledge, and unspecifically shifts behavior toward other sources of information in the environment. Right: Curiosity arises from specific gaps in the knowledge of an individual, largely independent from current information transmission, and drives behavior to fill these knowledge gaps by acquiring specific pieces of information. (B) Illustration of action trajectories of bored and curious agents in an exemplary environment that offers sources with varying information content. Left: Boredom would push individuals away from sources of monotony (low information) to unspecifically explore sources of higher information. Right: In contrast, curiosity would pull individuals to exploit specific sources of information that fill internal information gaps.
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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labiata.bsky.social
Lindo

#bird
#photography
January 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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January 3, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus), Jyväskylä, Finland 01.01.2009
#jyväskylä #finland #nature #naturephotography #flora #plant #plants #berry #berries #valokuvataivas
January 1, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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architecture.bsky.social
The Crooked House, oldest teahouse in England, c.1687
The Crooked House, oldest teahouse in England, c.1687
December 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Nothing to see here. Just some cows walking on water.
December 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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architecture.bsky.social
Art Nouveau Centre Riga Latvia
*Looking up the main stairwell *
Art Nouveau Centre Riga Latvia
December 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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labiata.bsky.social
#Flowers
#NaturePhotography
December 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Ana Pana.
December 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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They hired him to taste-test the menu. Not what he had in mind.
December 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Christmas curry pork
December 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Sky trees reflected in the water, ice knitting up the pond. Getting colder.
Winter solstice in Old Saybrook, CT. Trees and sky reflected in the water, knitting up as ice in the cold.
December 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Happy Winter Solstice!

On midwinter’s day, the sun sets between the pair of stones that form the largest trilithon at #Stonehenge

Farewell to the shortest day of the year, as we look forward to lighter days ahead! ☀️

#StandingStoneSunday
#Archaeology
December 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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From the good old days in the high plains
December 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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architecture.bsky.social
Shirokuro, a Japanese restaurant in NYC's East Village, where the interior mimics a hand-drawn black-and-white sketchbook.
December 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Au petit matin #90 (le long de la Loire) / Early morning #90 (along the Loire River)
#photomobile #photographie #mobilephotography #photography #scape #landscape #river #Stunday
Nous voilà arrivés au cœur de l'hiver. We have now arrived in the heart of winter.
December 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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architecture.bsky.social
Changi Airport Skytrain tracks next to the Rain Vortex in Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore
Changi Airport Skytrain tracks next to the Rain Vortex in Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore
December 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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architecture.bsky.social
It's a real staircase at the Ducal Castle of Corigliano Calabro, Italy
It's a real staircase at the Ducal Castle of Corigliano Calabro, Italy
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Dry stone walling by Jared Flynn
Dry stone walling by Jared Flynn Dry stone walling by Jared Flynn
December 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Land artist Sonja Hinrichsen, epic scale Snow Drawings - Briancon, France, 2014 #womensart
Photo of a snow covered rural landscape viewed from above, the land is covered in large spirals circles and connecting lines drawn into the snow
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Rufous Hummingbirds usually only sit still for a few seconds. Fortunately, they often return to the same few perches. So you pick one, prefocus, wait, and shoot when he briefly returns. 😅 #birdsontwigs #birdoftheday #birds #photography #birding #nature
Closeup of a small male hummingbird perched on the end of a twig, with rufous feathers and bright orange throat patch (gorget).
December 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM