16/09/2011 - The mind is a frequent, but not happy, wanderer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – People spend 46.9 percent of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they’re doing, and this mind-wandering typically makes them unhappy. So says a study that used an iPhone web app to gather 250,000 data points on subjects’ thoughts, feelings, and actions as they went about their lives.  more...