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| Title |
Ode to positive constructive daydreaming
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00626 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rebecca L. McMillan, Scott Barry Kaufman, Jerome L. Singer |
| Abstract |
Nearly 60 years ago, Jerome L. Singer launched a groundbreaking research program into daydreaming (Singer, 1955, 1975, 2009) that presaged and laid the foundation for virtually every major strand of mind wandering research active today (Antrobus, 1999; Klinger, 1999, 2009). Here we review Singer's enormous contribution to the field, which includes insights, methodologies, and tools still in use today, and trace his enduring legacy as revealed in the recent proliferation of mind wandering studies. We then turn to the central theme in Singer's work, the adaptive nature of positive constructive daydreaming, which was a revolutionary idea when Singer began his work in the 1950s and remains underreported today. Last, we propose a new approach to answering the enduring question: Why does mind wandering persist and occupy so much of our time, as much as 50% of our waking time according to some estimates, if it is as costly as most studies suggest? |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 72 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 21% |
| Canada | 4 | 6% |
| France | 3 | 4% |
| Ireland | 2 | 3% |
| India | 2 | 3% |
| Romania | 1 | 1% |
| Poland | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 7 | 10% |
| Unknown | 35 | 49% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 62 | 86% |
| Scientists | 7 | 10% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 289 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 3% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 1% |
| Unknown | 268 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 49 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 47 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 43 | 15% |
| Researcher | 35 | 12% |
| Other | 18 | 6% |
| Other | 52 | 18% |
| Unknown | 45 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 130 | 45% |
| Neuroscience | 21 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 4% |
| Other | 46 | 16% |
| Unknown | 54 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 331. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 November 2023.
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#201
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#534
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