{"646416":{"#nid":"646416","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Daydreaming can have loads of benefits\u2014if you do it right","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026#39;s what we should have told our middle school teachers when they caught us staring off into space\u0026nbsp;in class: Daydreaming can be \u0026quot;a\u0026nbsp;powerful mental health tool,\u0026quot; according to this Popular Science story. The\u0026nbsp;argument is backed up by a 2019 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10869-018-9611-4\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E researchers who noted that\u0026nbsp;participants improved\u0026nbsp;work performance and emotional states thanks to some mind\u0026nbsp;wandering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-04-13 15:12:36","changed_gmt":"2021-04-13 15:12:36","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"VLSI symposium","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/story\/diy\/how-to-daydream\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"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":""}}}