Why Daydreams Are Good For You
I was on HuffPo Live last night, talking about daydreams, working memory, and technology. We discussed how our brains often float off to another place when you are doing a mundane task.
Daydreams like this are good for you because it lets you be creative and make associations between different ideas, similar to how dreams consolidation information while you sleep.
How often you daydream is a factor of your working memory, because it depends on how many pieces of information you can hold in your head at one time. It's kind of like juggling. Someone with two hands can juggle more balls than some one with only one.
Other guests were Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett of Northeastern University and Danielle Hatfield the owner of Experience Farm. For more on daydreams, check out the video below: