A Georgia Tech team scanned more than 100 people at rest and found that those who reported more frequent mind-wandering in daily life tended to score higher on fluid intelligence and creativity tests — suggesting that, in some people, a wandering mind may reflect an efficient brain with spare cognitive capacity, rather than simple distraction.
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The default workplace view of mind-wandering is simple: a drifting employee is a leaking one. Attention spent off-task is productivity lost. Managers, productivity software, and most self-help advice all rest on that assumption.
A Georgia Tech-led brain imaging study suggests the assumption may be backwards, at least for some people. Participants who reported more frequent mind-wandering in daily life also tended to score higher on measures of fluid intelligence and creativity — not lower.
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A Georgia Tech-led brain imaging study suggests the assumption may be backwards, at least for some people. Participants who reported more frequent mind-wandering in daily life also tended to score higher on measures of fluid intelligence and creativity — not lower.
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