Mindwandering and social cognition in depression: The mind’s social default mode and its role in mental well-being Ghent University
Although modern life is considered busy, research shows that we spend a noticeable amount of time in fantasies, rather than being focused on what we are doing. For instance, it is a common experience that, while reading a book, we suddenly realize that we are unable to remember the last page, because we have been fantasizing about possible future events that could happen to us.
It seems indeed that, when our mind drifts away, we tend to ...