Boring is bad: Effects of emotional content and multitasking on enjoyment and memory

Television has recently been described as being in a “peak TV” stage, with hundreds of engrossing, emotional narratives to choose from. Meanwhile, multitasking while viewing television is also at a peak stage. The present study examined enjoyment and signal detection memory outcomes in single-task and multitasking experimental conditions, where the primary task was watching positive, negative, and neutral television content, and the dual task...