The science of a wandering mind
In situations of low stress and safety, mind-wandering will be a gift, a pleasure, a creative force. In situations of high stress or danger, mind-wandering will be a torment.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
The Wayward Mind by Guy Claxton.
Joe Vitale • Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More
Our default waking mode (and also during dreaming phases of sleep) is not a brain at rest, but what is known as mind wandering.
Venkatesh Rao • Make Your Own Rules
Task-negative mode is more colloquially known as daydreaming, and, as Daniel J. Levitin of McGill University has written, it “is responsible for our moments of greatest creativity and insight, when we’re able to solve problems that previously seemed unsolvable.”