Daydreaming, zoning out, getting lost in your thoughts — we've all done it from time to time, whether we're bored, distracted, or need a break from the real world. But have you ever had a daydream ...

This writer can spend five to six hours lost in vivid, imaginary worlds. Finally, she knows a bit more about why.

After a year in quarantine, with many of our usual pastimes unavailable to us, daydreaming has become a welcome escape. But is daydreaming good for you? We live in such a task-oriented society that ...

The people who do engage in purposeful daydreaming tend to experience higher levels of frustration than most when they reach an impasse over knotty, challenging problems, which drives a real ...

It’s so common, it’s officially a trend: A quick scan of TikTok, Instagram, even YouTube and you’ll find loads of Zillennials celebrating and recreating trends from eras gone by. But this isn’t your ...

During quiet waking, brain activity in mice suggests the animals are daydreaming about a recent image. Having daydreams about a recently viewed image predicted how the brain would respond to the image ...

A new dream is new happiness!’ wrote Dostoyevsky in his 1848 short story White Nights. ‘A new dose of exquisite voluptuous poison!’ In the story, Dostoyevsky’s lonely narrator spends his days lost in ...

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Epiphanies don’t just arrive after major life events; instead, intentional daydreaming can spark insights that boost ...

Daydreaming can be dangerous. In fact, it can be fatal. That is the conclusion of a new study by Erie Insurance that being “generally distracted” or “lost in thought” – otherwise known as daydreaming ...

Smangaliso Simelane is happiest when he's tapping on his keyboard or gripping a controller. He has been writing about video games since 2020 and he's not about to stop any time soon. He mostly enjoys ...