Comments on: The power of daydreams: 4 studies on the surprising science of mind-wandering http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/05/the-power-of-daydreams-4-studies-on-the-surprising-science-of-mind-wandering/ The TED Blog shares interesting news about TED, TEDTalks video, the TED Prize and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 07:46:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Matt Killingsworthy：想要快樂嗎？專注於當下吧！ | TEDxTaipei http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/05/the-power-of-daydreams-4-studies-on-the-surprising-science-of-mind-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-36816 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:08:32 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=64572#comment-36816 [...]   >   編譯自文章：TED Blog – The power of daydreams: 4 studies on the surprising science of mind-wandering  ｜  [...]

]]> By: Issue 27 – Happy Thanksgiving! — TLN http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/05/the-power-of-daydreams-4-studies-on-the-surprising-science-of-mind-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-23640 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:46:09 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=64572#comment-23640 [...] The power of daydreams: 4 studies on the surprising science of mind-wandering “While most people think of mind-wandering as a lifting escape from daily drudgery, the Track Your Happiness data shows that this may not the case. In fact, mind-wandering appears to be correlated with unhappiness. When people were mind-wandering, they reported feeling happy only 56% of the time. Meanwhile, when they were focused on the present moment, they reported feeling happy 66% of the time.“ [...]

]]> By: dabz360 http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/05/the-power-of-daydreams-4-studies-on-the-surprising-science-of-mind-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-23092 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:11:34 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=64572#comment-23092 Reblogged this on dabz360's Blog.

]]> By: dabz360 http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/05/the-power-of-daydreams-4-studies-on-the-surprising-science-of-mind-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-23090 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:06:25 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=64572#comment-23090 Reblogged this on dabz360's Blog.

]]> By: Austin Rinehart http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/05/the-power-of-daydreams-4-studies-on-the-surprising-science-of-mind-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-22392 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:28:56 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=64572#comment-22392 There are some unique abilities of mind that are astonish me so much, thank you for revealing them:)

]]> By: karlansl http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/05/the-power-of-daydreams-4-studies-on-the-surprising-science-of-mind-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-22357 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:49:53 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=64572#comment-22357 Reblogged this on And So It Goes. .

]]> By: greg725 http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/05/the-power-of-daydreams-4-studies-on-the-surprising-science-of-mind-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-22344 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:05:37 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=64572#comment-22344 Reblogged this on The Touch of Soul and commented:
Yes the ability to have our mind stray from the present moment is an amazing ability. While the research shows that mind-wandering correlates to unhappiness, I believe there is a flip side to that coin. My mind-wandering is generally something that is done subconsciously, without true focus or intent. However when I bring intention and focus to my mind-wandering, I tend to be much happier during my daydreaming. My wife tells me that that’s more along the lines of meditating, and while I may not reach the depths of meditation I get to during those designated meditating times I guess I have to agree with her. Which presents me with two questions, is the difference between happy mind-wandering and unhappiness focus? And if so how do we increase the level of focus so that people can be happy presently and when they take a break from reality?

]]> By: Abundance. | Cindy Mantai Writing & Editing http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/05/the-power-of-daydreams-4-studies-on-the-surprising-science-of-mind-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-22340 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:12:13 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=64572#comment-22340 [...] I also saw today on Facebook a post about the merits of mind-wandering. Being a long tried-and-true daydreamer, I happily read the article. It talked about an app where [...]

]]> By: Shasha Zhang http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/05/the-power-of-daydreams-4-studies-on-the-surprising-science-of-mind-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-22327 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:37:09 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=64572#comment-22327 I am wondering if Matt considered the difference between people who use iphone and who do not. If income is a significant factor, in other words, iphone user tended to be richer, this result may only represent the richer group.

Another interesting thing is, in the final bar chart, there is a bar about mind-wandering level when people were having sex. Did he considered what kind of people use iphone app to report their mood when they are having sex? Maybe a lot of people who are happier and mind-wandering but they do not like to use iphone during the sex.

The relationship between mind-wandering and unhappiness has three possibilities. The first is mind-wandering caused unhappiness; The second is unhappy people tend to have something worrying in their mind; The third is it is just a correlation rather than a casual relationship.

]]> By: Josh Hensley http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/05/the-power-of-daydreams-4-studies-on-the-surprising-science-of-mind-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-22321 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:29:20 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=64572#comment-22321 I believe mind wandering is situational. If your sitting in traffic majority of the time you would have negative emotions to that. No one wants to sit in traffic. Personally when I’m sitting in traffic and I’m not thinking positively and therefore my day dreaming is not positive. I have had a lot of positive day dreaming experiences. I often feel like I almost have control of them looking into the future of where I want to go with career, relationships, goals, etc. It’s a driving force that keeps me motivated day to day when there is no job security or security what so ever. I believe that it also depends on what you do for a living. I work freelance in film where I can use creativity on a daily basis. I believe my day dreams would be much different if my job consisted of working in an office space or if I had an exact plan that repeated itself everyday.

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