Unlike most Americans, the Warlpiri spent virtually no time alone, so they felt boredom as a group.

WSJ: Interesting Fact: There's a Yawning Need for Boring Professors

She spent nearly three years studying boredom among the Warlpiri people, an aboriginal group in the central Australian settlement of Yuendumu.

WSJ: Interesting Fact: There's a Yawning Need for Boring Professors