{"671161":{"#nid":"671161","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Is Daydreaming Good For You?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Get your head out of the clouds.\u0022 \u0022Why is your mind always a million miles away?\u0022 These are some of the statements that might have been thrown at you if you engaged in daydreaming as a child. In fact, letting your mind wander from the task at hand has often been associated with something negative \u2014 until science found proof that daydreaming can actually be good for you. This story highlights an oft-quoted 2017\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28705691\/\u0022\u003E study\u003C\/a\u003E co-authored by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/eric-schumacher\u0022\u003EEric Schumacher\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E School of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E, that links letting your mind wander\u0026nbsp;with intelligence and creativity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Get your head out of the clouds.\u0022 \u0022Why is your mind always a million miles away?\u0022 These are some of the statements that might have been thrown at you if you engaged in daydreaming as a child. In fact, letting your mind wander from the task at hand has often been associated with something negative \u2014 until science found proof that daydreaming can actually be good for you. This story highlights an oft-quoted 2017\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28705691\/\u0022\u003E study\u003C\/a\u003E co-authored by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/eric-schumacher\u0022\u003EEric Schumacher\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E School of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E, that links letting your mind wander\u0026nbsp;with intelligence and creativity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-11-20 18:10:42","changed_gmt":"2023-11-20 18:10:42","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"HealthDigest","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.healthdigest.com\/1444187\/daydreaming-good-for-you\/#","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"98731","name":"Eric Schumacher"},{"id":"176018","name":"Daydreaming"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}