I'm bored so my brain is disconnecting.

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  • Source:
    New Scientist. 12/13/2008, Vol. 199 Issue 2686, p18-18. 1p.
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      The article offers information on the changes within the brain during a boring task. Daniel Weissman of the University of Michigan, has reported that lapses in attention during a boring task may be possibly due to disconnections between certain regions of brain. He says that attention works as a communication amplifier and focuses on connections between certain regions at certain times. When the focus is switched to new connections, existing connections weaken and attention lapses.