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·October 13, 2025·5 min read

ADHD May Make You More Creative

People with ADHD tend to be more creative, and this advantage may stem from a greater tendency for their minds to wander. The study is the first to directly connect ADHD traits, creativity, and the two types of mind wandering—spontaneous and deliberate.

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·April 25, 2025·4 min read

What Makes Dreams Memorable? Study Reveals Three Key Predictors

Not everyone remembers their dreams, and a new study reveals why. Researchers found that dream recall is most strongly influenced by a person’s attitude toward dreams, their tendency to mind-wander, and specific sleep characteristics.

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·April 7, 2025·3 min read

Daydreaming Helps: Mind Wandering Aids Unconscious Learning

A new study finds that spontaneous mind wandering may actually boost learning during tasks that require minimal attention. Researchers recorded brain activity while participants completed a simple, low-effort learning task based on probability.

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·April 11, 2024·5 min read

AI Can Now Read Your Daydreams

Researchers developed methods to predict emotions in spontaneous thoughts using fMRI and machine learning. They crafted personalized narratives that participants read while their brain activity was monitored, aiming to decode the emotional dimensions of thoughts.

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·March 14, 2024·4 min read

From Daydreams to Reality: Brain’s Alertness Mechanism Unlocked

Researchers discovered how the brain transitions from daydreaming to alertness through activity in the dentate gyrus, also contributing to memory formation. This mechanism serves as the brain's method for realigning our cognitive focus to immediate realities and processing new information.

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·December 14, 2023·8 min read

How Daydreams Shape Our Brain’s Visual Response

Researchers made a breakthrough in understanding how daydreaming affects the brain. By studying mice, they discovered that neurons in the visual cortex fire in patterns similar to when viewing actual images, indicating daydream-like activity.

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·June 27, 2023·4 min read

COVID-19 Worries Influence Emotional Quality of Daydreams

A new study investigated the connection between COVID-19-related anxieties and the emotional content of daydreaming and nighttime dreaming. It found a significant correlation between daily COVID-19 worries and the emotional quality of daydreaming.

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·October 18, 2022·5 min read

Your Mind Wanders Because Your Brain Whispers

Daydreaming activates the hippocampus, inducing electrical impulses that help us to encode memories.

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·April 12, 2022·3 min read

Maladaptive Daydreaming May Be a Better Diagnosis for Some Than ADHD

Study finds a subgroup of patients diagnosed with ADHD who would benefit more from a diagnosis of maladaptive daydreaming.

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·July 8, 2021·4 min read

What Is Daydreaming? Parts of the Brain Show Sleep-Like Activity When Your Mind Wanders

Daydreaming and mind-wandering appear to occur when parts of the brain fall asleep while other areas remain awake.

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·June 29, 2021·3 min read

Drug Relieves Persistent Daydreaming, Fatigue, and Brain Sluggishness in Adults With ADHD

Lisdexamfetamine, a drug known to stimulate brain activity, reduces symptoms of sluggish cognitive tempo in adults with ADHD.

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·March 6, 2021·5 min read

Why We’re So Bad at Daydreaming, and How to Fix It

When people were presented with a list of scenarios that were meaningful or enjoyable, they enjoyed thinking 50% more than when they were instructed to think about whatever they wanted.

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ADHD May Make You More Creative

What Makes Dreams Memorable? Study Reveals Three Key Predictors

Daydreaming Helps: Mind Wandering Aids Unconscious Learning

AI Can Now Read Your Daydreams

From Daydreams to Reality: Brain’s Alertness Mechanism Unlocked

How Daydreams Shape Our Brain’s Visual Response

COVID-19 Worries Influence Emotional Quality of Daydreams

Your Mind Wanders Because Your Brain Whispers

Maladaptive Daydreaming May Be a Better Diagnosis for Some Than ADHD

What Is Daydreaming? Parts of the Brain Show Sleep-Like Activity When Your Mind Wanders

Drug Relieves Persistent Daydreaming, Fatigue, and Brain Sluggishness in Adults With ADHD

Why We’re So Bad at Daydreaming, and How to Fix It

Study Challenges Myths About Self-Centeredness

Blood Sugar Patterns Strongly Linked to Sleep Quality

AI Brain Model Reveals How Fear Works in Real Life

Blood Transfusions May Accelerate Alzheimer’s Progression

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