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The present article addresses academic emotions that are defined as emotions of a student experienced in academic settings such as class-related, learning-related, and test-related situations. Emotion has a particularly strong influence on attention, especially modulating the selectivity of attention as well as motivating action and behavior. Boredom is an emotional and occasionally psychological state, experienced when an individual is left without anything in particular to do, is not interested in their surroundings, or feels that a day or period is dull or tedious. Boredom is a prevalent emotion with potential negative consequences. Previous research has associated boredom with outcomes indicating both high and low levels of arousal and activation. Academic boredom-an emotion that is highly common in educational settings, consistently detrimental for learning and achievement in students, and receiving increasing attention in the research literature. (Published abstract)