Corinna Martarelli
Biographic Data
| ID | 6893706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Corinna Martarelli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Corinna |
| FAMILY NAME | Martarelli |
| SIGNATURE | MARTARELLI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | UniDistance Suisse |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9160-793X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From delay to forgetting: How boredom and procrastination disrupt prospective memory
Appointments, dinner invitations, tasks to finish before a deadline: modern daily life is packed with future intentions that we accomplish with a cognitive ability named prospective memory (PM). Some of these tasks are less engaging than others, and we sometimes find ourselves putting them off until later, until we eventually forget about them. Despite extensive research on cognitive determinants of PM, emotional and self-regulatory factors remai…
Tuning out: Boredom, mind-wandering and flow in classical musicians
Classical musicians' individual practice time is central to their musical life and development, yet little research has examined the cognitive and affective processes that influence its effectiveness. This study investigates boredom, mind-wandering and flow during classical music practice, both on the trait and state level (i.e., during practice in general as well as during a specific session) as experiences associated with practice effectiveness…
Are primary schools ready for immersive virtual reality? Resistance among stakeholders
Immersive virtual reality (IVR), as presented through headsets, is becoming increasingly relevant in education, especially in STEM fields, due to its potential to make complex concepts more accessible. Despite empirical evidence revealing the potential of IVR, its adoption in primary schools remains low. The objective of this paper is to examine the level of acceptance and intention to use IVR among different stakeholders in Swiss primary schools…
Virtual reality in primary science education: Improving knowledge of the water cycle
Is boredom a source of noise and/or a confound in behavioral science research
Behavioral researchers tend to study behavior in highly controlled laboratory settings to minimize the effects of potential confounders. Yet, while doing so, the artificial setup itself might unintentionally introduce noise or confounders, such as boredom. In this perspective, we draw upon theoretical and empirical evidence to make the case that (a) some experimental setups are likely to induce boredom in participants, (b) the degree of boredom i…
Mythes écologiques du numérique
C HRONIQUE
Pupil old/new effect as an objective measure of recognition memory: A meta-analysis of 17 eye-tracking experiments
Time in suspense: Investigating boredom and related states in a virtual waiting room
We studied the role of time in the experience of boredom and its relationship with various psychological states using virtual reality. Sixty-six participants visited nine virtual waiting rooms and evaluated their perception of time and psychological experiences, including boredom, exhaustion, restlessness, amotivation, frustration, anger, unhappiness, spontaneous and deliberate mind-wandering, fantasy, and absorption. Results confirmed the relati…
If-then planning, self-control, and boredom as predictors of adherence to social distancing guidelines: Evidence from a two-wave longitudinal study with a behavioral intervention
In the wake of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), social distancing is instrumental for containing the pandemic. To maximize its effectiveness, it is paramount to investigate psychological factors that predict adherence to social distancing guidelines and examine corresponding interventions. We focused on individual differences in if-then planning, self-control, and boredom, and tested an intervention based on if-then planning. We conducted…
Keeping track of reality: Embedding visual memory in natural behaviour
Since immersive virtual reality (IVR) emerged as a research method in the 1980s, the focus has been on the similarities between IVR and actual reality. In this vein, it has been suggested that IVR methodology might fill the gap between laboratory studies and real life. IVR allows for high internal validity (i.e., a high degree of experimental control and experimental replicability), as well as high external validity by letting participants engage…
Pictorial low-level features in mental images: Evidence from eye fixations
Bored by bothering? A cost-value approach to pandemic boredom
In an effort to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world have employed non-pharmaceutical containment measures. The effectiveness of such mitigation efforts relies on individual compliance (e.g., avoiding to travel or to gather). Crucially, adhering to the required behavioral recommendations places substantial burdens on those who are asked to follow them. One particularly likely outcome of adherence should be the …
Early is left and up: Saccadic responses reveal horizontal and vertical spatial associations of serial order in working memory
Too bored to bother? Boredom as a potential threat to the efficacy of pandemic containment measures
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by coronavirus (SARS-nCoV2) is currently spreading across the world. In response, different sets of pandemic containment measures have been employed by several countries. The effectiveness of non-pharmacological measures such as home confinement hinges on adherence by the population. While adherence to these social distancing measures appears to be high in general, adherence might be more challenging for…
Bored Into Depletion? Toward a Tentative Integration of Perceived Self-Control Exertion and Boredom as Guiding Signals for Goal-Directed Behavior
During the past two decades, self-control research has been dominated by the strength model of self-control, which is built on the premise that the capacity for self-control is a limited global resource that can become temporarily depleted, resulting in a state called ego depletion. The foundations of ego depletion have recently been questioned. Thus, although self-control is among the most researched psychological concepts with high societal rel…
Does a smartphone on the desk drain our brain? No evidence of cognitive costs due to smartphone presence in a short-term and prospective memory task
High Boredom Proneness and Low Trait Self-Control Impair Adherence to Social Distancing Guidelines during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Social distancing during the coronavirus-disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is crucial to reduce the spread of the virus. However, its effectiveness hinges on adherence by individuals who face substantial burdens from the required behavioral restrictions. Here, we investigate sources of individual variation in adhering to social distancing guidelines. In a high-powered study ( N = 895), we tested direct and indirect effects of boredom and self-cont…
Daydreams and trait affect: The role of the listener’s state of mind in the emotional response to music
Eye movements during mental time travel follow a diagonal line
School-age children show a bias toward fantasy classifications after playing a platform game
We investigated the influence of playing a video game on children’s ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality. School-age children played a platform game for 15 min and then performed a fantasy/reality distinction task in which they were to judge whether images (from the platform game and from other games) were fantasy images or reality images. Unlike those in the control group (who played a memory game), the children in the experimental…
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Eye movements during mental time travel follow a diagonal line
School-age children show a bias toward fantasy classifications after playing a platform game
We investigated the influence of playing a video game on children’s ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality. School-age children played a platform game for 15 min and then performed a fantasy/reality distinction task in which they were to judge whether images (from the platform game and from other games) were fantasy images or reality images. Unlike those in the control group (who played a memory game), the children in the experimental…
Daydreams and trait affect: The role of the listener’s state of mind in the emotional response to music
Too bored to bother? Boredom as a potential threat to the efficacy of pandemic containment measures
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by coronavirus (SARS-nCoV2) is currently spreading across the world. In response, different sets of pandemic containment measures have been employed by several countries. The effectiveness of non-pharmacological measures such as home confinement hinges on adherence by the population. While adherence to these social distancing measures appears to be high in general, adherence might be more challenging for…
Bored Into Depletion? Toward a Tentative Integration of Perceived Self-Control Exertion and Boredom as Guiding Signals for Goal-Directed Behavior
During the past two decades, self-control research has been dominated by the strength model of self-control, which is built on the premise that the capacity for self-control is a limited global resource that can become temporarily depleted, resulting in a state called ego depletion. The foundations of ego depletion have recently been questioned. Thus, although self-control is among the most researched psychological concepts with high societal rel…
Does a smartphone on the desk drain our brain? No evidence of cognitive costs due to smartphone presence in a short-term and prospective memory task
High Boredom Proneness and Low Trait Self-Control Impair Adherence to Social Distancing Guidelines during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Social distancing during the coronavirus-disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is crucial to reduce the spread of the virus. However, its effectiveness hinges on adherence by individuals who face substantial burdens from the required behavioral restrictions. Here, we investigate sources of individual variation in adhering to social distancing guidelines. In a high-powered study ( N = 895), we tested direct and indirect effects of boredom and self-cont…
Bored by bothering? A cost-value approach to pandemic boredom
In an effort to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world have employed non-pharmaceutical containment measures. The effectiveness of such mitigation efforts relies on individual compliance (e.g., avoiding to travel or to gather). Crucially, adhering to the required behavioral recommendations places substantial burdens on those who are asked to follow them. One particularly likely outcome of adherence should be the …
Early is left and up: Saccadic responses reveal horizontal and vertical spatial associations of serial order in working memory
Pictorial low-level features in mental images: Evidence from eye fixations
If-then planning, self-control, and boredom as predictors of adherence to social distancing guidelines: Evidence from a two-wave longitudinal study with a behavioral intervention
In the wake of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), social distancing is instrumental for containing the pandemic. To maximize its effectiveness, it is paramount to investigate psychological factors that predict adherence to social distancing guidelines and examine corresponding interventions. We focused on individual differences in if-then planning, self-control, and boredom, and tested an intervention based on if-then planning. We conducted…
Keeping track of reality: Embedding visual memory in natural behaviour
Since immersive virtual reality (IVR) emerged as a research method in the 1980s, the focus has been on the similarities between IVR and actual reality. In this vein, it has been suggested that IVR methodology might fill the gap between laboratory studies and real life. IVR allows for high internal validity (i.e., a high degree of experimental control and experimental replicability), as well as high external validity by letting participants engage…
Is boredom a source of noise and/or a confound in behavioral science research
Behavioral researchers tend to study behavior in highly controlled laboratory settings to minimize the effects of potential confounders. Yet, while doing so, the artificial setup itself might unintentionally introduce noise or confounders, such as boredom. In this perspective, we draw upon theoretical and empirical evidence to make the case that (a) some experimental setups are likely to induce boredom in participants, (b) the degree of boredom i…
Mythes écologiques du numérique
C HRONIQUE
Pupil old/new effect as an objective measure of recognition memory: A meta-analysis of 17 eye-tracking experiments
Time in suspense: Investigating boredom and related states in a virtual waiting room
We studied the role of time in the experience of boredom and its relationship with various psychological states using virtual reality. Sixty-six participants visited nine virtual waiting rooms and evaluated their perception of time and psychological experiences, including boredom, exhaustion, restlessness, amotivation, frustration, anger, unhappiness, spontaneous and deliberate mind-wandering, fantasy, and absorption. Results confirmed the relati…
Are primary schools ready for immersive virtual reality? Resistance among stakeholders
Immersive virtual reality (IVR), as presented through headsets, is becoming increasingly relevant in education, especially in STEM fields, due to its potential to make complex concepts more accessible. Despite empirical evidence revealing the potential of IVR, its adoption in primary schools remains low. The objective of this paper is to examine the level of acceptance and intention to use IVR among different stakeholders in Swiss primary schools…
Virtual reality in primary science education: Improving knowledge of the water cycle
From delay to forgetting: How boredom and procrastination disrupt prospective memory
Appointments, dinner invitations, tasks to finish before a deadline: modern daily life is packed with future intentions that we accomplish with a cognitive ability named prospective memory (PM). Some of these tasks are less engaging than others, and we sometimes find ourselves putting them off until later, until we eventually forget about them. Despite extensive research on cognitive determinants of PM, emotional and self-regulatory factors remai…
Tuning out: Boredom, mind-wandering and flow in classical musicians
Classical musicians' individual practice time is central to their musical life and development, yet little research has examined the cognitive and affective processes that influence its effectiveness. This study investigates boredom, mind-wandering and flow during classical music practice, both on the trait and state level (i.e., during practice in general as well as during a specific session) as experiences associated with practice effectiveness…
Psychology (16 works) · Computer Science (13 works) · Mind wandering and attention (11 works) · Boredom (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Cognition (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (7 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (5 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (4 works) · Neuroscience (4 works)