FLORIDA SOCIAL COGNITION AND EMOTION LAB
  • PEOPLE
    • ERIN WESTGATE
    • GRADUATE STUDENTS
    • RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
    • LAB ALUMNI
  • RESEARCH
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • NEWS
    • MEDIA COVERAGE
    • PHOTOS
  • RESOURCES
  • PARTICIPATE
  • JOIN THE LAB
  • PEOPLE
    • ERIN WESTGATE
    • GRADUATE STUDENTS
    • RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
    • LAB ALUMNI
  • RESEARCH
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • NEWS
    • MEDIA COVERAGE
    • PHOTOS
  • RESOURCES
  • PARTICIPATE
  • JOIN THE LAB
Search

RECENT LAB NEWS

In Defense of Daydreaming

8/18/2022

 
Picture
Throughout the day, you might often catch yourself slipping out from reality and into a world of your own creation. Although daydreaming is mostly viewed as being an easy escape from the external environment around you, it is actually a much more complicated and important mental task.  With daydreaming being such a common occurrence throughout any person's day, it is crucial that we fully understand the nature of these introspective thoughts and learn how to better slip into our imagination. 

​New York Times author Melinda Wenner Moyer asks our Dr. Westgate, along with other psychologists, many fundamental questions about daydreaming and thinking, in general. When should we be letting our attention shift into these personal thoughts of ours? How can we avoid drifting into negative worries instead of a fantastical world or a favorite memory? How can daydreaming benefit me?

Click here to read the intriguing article! 

    ABOUT US

    RECENT NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA SOCIAL COGNITION AND EMOTION LAB

    Archives

    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    December 2021
    October 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    April 2020
    March 2020
    November 2019
    October 2019
    May 2019

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • PEOPLE
    • ERIN WESTGATE
    • GRADUATE STUDENTS
    • RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
    • LAB ALUMNI
  • RESEARCH
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • NEWS
    • MEDIA COVERAGE
    • PHOTOS
  • RESOURCES
  • PARTICIPATE
  • JOIN THE LAB