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Happiness Experts on Why Mind Wandering Can Be So Miserable
In the last 15 years, the science of mind wandering has become a popular
topic of scholarly study, thanks in part to advances in brain imaging.
It turns out that our brains are wily, wild things, and what they do
when we're not paying attention has major implications for our
happiness. In 2010, Matt Killingsworth, then a doctoral student at
Harvard University, designed an iPhone app that pinged people throughout
the day, asking what they were experiencing at that very moment. You'll
want to know his surprising discovery!
