Maladaptive daydreaming is the fixation on one's fantasies, which are supported by the beliefs that they represent what's ...

Daydreamers might soon have a way to stay focused. Scientists from the ATR Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group in Japan have developed an alarm designed to go off when it detects ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Westgate and her team noted that since daydreaming is associated with our emotions, people who do so can better tolerate pain and ...

When I was in the midst of writing my master's thesis, I came up with all of my best ideas when I was in the shower. "How convenient," I remember thinking, "I'm in the one place where I don't have a ...

Giulia Poerio receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). She is also a collaborator with Hubbub, which is funded by The Wellcome Trust (103817/Z/14/Z), and has been ...

How much do most people dislike spending time with their own thoughts? One way to answer that question is to look at what we do when we might be forced to hang out in our own heads. When waiting in ...

Don't feel bad if you start drifting off during work meetings: According to one study, daydreaming might actually mean you're really smart. While participants were in MRI machines and instructed to ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s so common, it’s officially a trend: A quick scan of TikTok, Instagram, even YouTube and you’ll find loads of Zillennials ...

Although many of us enjoy a daydream or two, 28-year-old Sara Waite wishes hers would stop. “The intensity of my daydreams and how they’ve affected my life is not normal,” said Waite, who lives in ...

Some people daydream more than others. But people with maladaptive daydreaming take it to the extreme and can daydream for four hours a day. New research has shown this kind of daydreaming may be ...