Why Our Brains Spend 50% Of The Time Mind-Wandering

Letting our thoughts drift can actually help

Mind-wandering is an important cognitive process for innovators. Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

When the Pixies released their hit song “Where Is My Mind” in 1988, they could hardly have known what a hot research topic the wandering mind would become. Nor could they have imagined how controversial mind-wandering could be.