Introverts are often told they need solitude to recharge, but 8,769 momentary reports found that choice mattered: wanted time alone felt very different from solitude imposed by circumstance

Introverts are often described as people who recharge by being alone. The metaphor is tidy, memorable and incomplete. A quiet Saturday that you protected for reading is not the same experience as a quiet Saturday created by a canceled plan. Both count as time…