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Psychology
fromPsychology Today
12 hours ago

3 'Antisocial' Habits That Actually Signal Intelligence

Frequent socializing can reduce satisfaction for higher-cognitive individuals, while mind-wandering and small talk can reflect productive cognition rather than disengagement.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

2 'Annoying' Habits That Actually Signal Intelligence

Mind-wandering and self-talk can enhance creativity, cognitive flexibility, self-regulation, planning, and metacognition when understood and used appropriately.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

The Affective Side of Goals

Affect attaches to meaningful, contextualized goals shaped by sensory and semantic information, and affect-management policies govern goal pursuit and relinquishment.
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

How Do You Catch a Trophy Idea? Deep Mind Fishing

"[My train of thought] let its line down into the stream. It swayed, minute after minute, hither and thither among the reflections and the weeds letting the water lift it and sink it until-you know the little tug-the sudden conglomeration of an idea at the end of one's line."
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Mindfulness
fromThe Verge
5 months ago

You need to read the treatise on spacing out, Bored and Brilliant

Allowing the mind to wander and embracing boredom restores creativity and productivity that constant digital distractions often suppress.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

Why We Live on Autopilot

The brain's default mode network enables autopilot routine behavior via heuristics, conserving cognitive effort while promoting mind‑wandering and contributing to anxiety and pessimism.
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Mental health
fromFast Company
7 months ago

People with ADHD may be more creative, studies suggest

ADHD associates with more frequent mind-wandering, and deliberate mind-wandering and certain ADHD traits correlate with higher creativity and creative achievements.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
11 months ago

When Letting Your Mind Wander Helps You Learn

During a simple task that requires minimal attention, mind wandering may actually help people learn probabilistic patterns that let them perform the task better.
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