Tangential Immersion Decreases Boredom and Increases Persistence
- People can really only pay attention to so much at one time.
- Tangential immersion, when there are two tasks of differing cognitive loads to be done, seems to increase persistence while decreasing boredom.
- Tangential immersion only increases persistence if the two tasks together occupy most of - but not more than - one's total attentional capacity.
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