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Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 week 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
1 month 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.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
5 months ago
Mindfulness

When Letting Your Mind Wander Helps You Learn

Mind wandering during simple tasks can enhance learning and performance by helping individuals grasp underlying probabilistic patterns.
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago
Mindfulness

A Wandering Mind Improves Inferential Learning

Mind wandering boosts probabilistic learning despite hurting visuomotor task performance.
Spontaneous mind wandering enhances pattern recognition and learning.
Creating conditions for natural mind wandering can foster learning.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

A Wandering Mind Improves Inferential Learning

Mind wandering boosts probabilistic learning despite hurting visuomotor task performance.
Spontaneous mind wandering enhances pattern recognition and learning.
Creating conditions for natural mind wandering can foster learning.
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fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

Mind-Wandering and the Disconnected Life

Mind-wandering can be both avoidance and self-reflection, illustrating its dual nature in human psychology, revealing how it can be either beneficial or counterproductive.
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