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World Service,1 min

Can boredom make you more creative?

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We may feel more productive when we're busy, but university lecturer Sandi Mann argues that it's when we're bored that we actually come up with some of our most creative thinking - and explains why she asked a group of people to copy out phone numbers from the phone book. Image: Child in goggles lying on a drawing of a helicopter Credit: Thinkstock

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