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A young man bored on his computer. Getty Images/iStockphoto. Another piece of evidence is that digital media “fragments attention,” as the study put it, meaning people have a harder time ...

Young people are more bored than ever before — and social media, apps meant for entertainment and engagement, is one of the culprits. Despite it, experts actually recommend letting kids be bored.

Many try to avoid boredom, but it serves a purpose. A cognitive neuroscientist explains why people get bored and how to turn boredom into a motivational jump-start.

Why do we get bored? "Boredom actually is functional. It serves a purpose," said James Danckert, a cognitive neuroscience professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

But bored humans engage in elevated levels of aggression with anything from vandalism to sadistic behaviour and even murder blamed on the experience. Presumably, ...