Do You Daydream? You May Be Smarter and More Creative Than Your Peers

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  • Eric Schumacher Eric Schumacher
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  • Christine Godwin Christine Godwin
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Wouldn't you love to show this headline to all those teachers who yelled at you for not paying attention in class? Media outlets are showing their creativity in how they're covering a new study from the School of Psychology that says daydreaming may be a sign of intelligence and better brain efficiency. In addition to this Live Science story, Quartz weighs in with this report on the study. Lead authors are Associate Professor Eric Schumacher and Ph.D. student Christine Godwin. 

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Groups

College of Sciences, School of Psychology

Categories
Life Sciences and Biology
Keywords
College of Sciences, School of Psychology, Eric Schumacher, Christine Godwin, Daydreaming, brain
Status
  • Created By: Renay San Miguel
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Oct 27, 2017 - 11:20am
  • Last Updated: Oct 27, 2017 - 11:36am