Annoyance Part I: Predictability and Risk

from Two Guys on Your Head Hosted by Rebecca McInroy

Why is it that some things really annoy us while others we couldn’t care less about? It turns out it has a lot to do with predictability and attention: we get annoyed when something we didn’t choose or anticipate intrudes on our attention, or when we are stuck paying attention to something we would rather […]

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