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The science of a wandering mind
- Smallwood learned that unhappy minds tend to wander in the past, while happy minds often ponder the future.
from The science of a wandering mind by Tim Vernimmen
Charlie Gedeon added 9mo ago
- Psychology was focused on measurable, outward behavior then. I thought to myself: That’s not what I want to understand about my thoughts. What I want to know is: Why do they come, where do they come from, and why do they persist even if they interfere with attention to the here and now?
from The science of a wandering mind by Tim Vernimmen
Charlie Gedeon added 9mo ago
- I think it is more helpful to talk about the underlying processes: spontaneous thought, or the decoupling of attention from perception, which is what happens when our thoughts separate from our perception of the environment. Both these processes take place during mind-wandering and daydreaming.
from The science of a wandering mind by Tim Vernimmen
Charlie Gedeon added 9mo ago