mind-wandering

Default brain settings may lead to daydreaming and mind-wandering, but the network also conducts serious business.

Boing Boing 2009

Surprisingly, race and sex had virtually no effect on enjoyment of the training or instructional outcomes—except that people reported less mind-wandering when avatars mirrored their race and ethnicity.

Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea Christopher Shea 2011

Mind-wandering was about as likely when people were shopping, reading, watching their kids, or commuting, and mind-wandering was observed at least 30% of the time during any of the activities.

Willingham: How 'mind-wandering' affects students Valerie Strauss 2010

I had always assumed that mind-wandering was a particular problem in the classroom.

Willingham: How 'mind-wandering' affects students Valerie Strauss 2010

Remarkably, what people were doing at the time had only a modest impact on the likelihood of mind-wandering.

Willingham: How 'mind-wandering' affects students Valerie Strauss 2010

These data do not help teachers solve the problem of mind-wandering.

Willingham: How 'mind-wandering' affects students Valerie Strauss 2010

The type of activity explained only 4.6 percent of a person's happiness, but mind-wandering explained 10.8 percent, they said.

The downside of day-dreaming Rob Stein 2010

EnlargeWandering and wondering The brain's default mode network -- a series of connected areas that work hardest when most of the brain is at rest -- is active during daydreaming and mind-wandering.

You Are Who You Are by Default William Harryman 2009

Default brain settings may lead to daydreaming and mind-wandering, but the network also conducts serious business.

You Are Who You Are by Default William Harryman 2009

However, the problem arises when mind-wandering diverts your attention from something that you should be fully focusing on.

Why the Mind Wanders 2007