Mind-wandering can make you happier…depending on the content. The relationship between mind-wandering and mood may be more complicated than we thought. In one study, researchers pinged participants on ...

Smallwood learned that unhappy minds tend to wander in the past, while happy minds often ponder the future.He also became convinced that wandering among our memories is crucial to help prepare us for ...

As the authors of the paper elegantly summarize their work: “a human mind is a wandering mind, and a wandering mind is an unhappy mind.” On the plus side, a mind can be trained to wander less.

Mind wandering isn’t just a waste of time, say researchers. The benefits of daydreaming include enhanced creativity and productivity at work.

Mind wandering not only failed to disrupt probabilistic learning, but it actually enhanced the capacity to unintentionally pick up on patterns in the fast-paced flow of data during a resource- ...

Mind wandering, as psychologists define it, is a subcategory of daydreaming, which is the broad term for all stray thoughts and fantasies, including those moments you deliberately set aside to ...

Whether at school or in the workplace, a wandering mind is often seen as a sign of distraction. However, a European study published in the Journal of Neuroscience challenges this deep-rooted idea.

Jeff Bezos believes that mind wandering is crucial for productivity, fostering creativity through 'messy meetings.' Studies indicate that this practice enhances problem-solving, memory retention ...

The trouble with mind wandering is, of course, that it’s got a mind of its own. “Mind wandering can be very disruptive to accomplishing primary tasks,” says Schooler, “and when reading ...