Quit Paying Attention!

What Daydreams Are Made Of Much of what scientists have learned about daydreams has come from experiments that involve attention tasks - asking volunteers to remember images or sounds while solving simple math problems, for example. Meanwhile, right and wrong answers in the task help the scientists confrm whether volunteers are paying attention or their minds are somewhere else. Experiments like this one have taught scientists when and why our minds naturally wander, as well as how daydreams can boost brainpower. "Mind wandering can be disruptive in all sorts of contexts", says Jonathan Schooler. [Extracted from the article]

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