1) Americans spend more than 10 hours a day in front of screens ____ media and entertainment. 2) The modern concept of ____ dates back to the ____ of the Industrial Revolution for the first time in history massive numbers of the population were ____ in ____ tasks like repetitive factory work that isolated them from social interaction for ____ periods of time, but we evolved under much different ____. 3) Our early ____ kept their brains ____ by simply needing to survive, mapping out new areas, ____ how to defend against ____ and discovering new technology. We have an ____ instinct to want to keep the brain active in discovery. 4) This may explain why when we have ____ stimulation we gravitate towards anything that will resolve that need. 5) Other groups did no activity then both were asked to ____ as many uses for a pair of plastic cups as they could. 6) In all cases the group ____ to copy the phone book did much better than the group that did not. 7) There have been many studies ____ this, all with similar ____ resulting in the conclusion that boring tasks ____ creativity and thought. 8) Our minds are in a more creative state when they're allowed to ____. Although not known until recently ____ has actually become accepted as a major part of our cognitive processes. Ever think of something seemingly ____? But this network isn't engaged when we're watching TV or on our phones or ____ distracting ourselves with entertainment. For thousands of years, ____ was dominated by long periods of boredom but it forced us to think for ourselves and ____ out new and ____ ways of seeing the world.

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