INKTOBER DAY 11: WANDER

11. Oktober 2023  •  1 Minuten

With constant access to distraction, being able to immerse in your own thoughts has become a privilege.

These results are especially important in our modern era of information overload and constant access to distractions, according to study co-author Kou Murayama, PhD, of the University of Tübingen in Germany. “It’s now extremely easy to ‘kill time.’ On the bus on your way to work, you can check your phone rather than immerse yourself in your internal free-floating thinking, because you predict thinking will be boring,” he said. “However, if that prediction is inaccurate, you are missing an opportunity to positively engage yourself without relying on such stimulation.”

— Press release of study “Thinking About Thinking: People Underestimate How Enjoyable and Engaging Just Waiting Is”

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