Remembering to forget: The amnesic effect of daydreaming
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 12:28
in Psychology & Sociology
When your mind drifts, it's hard to remember what was going on before you stopped paying attention. Now a new study has found that the effect is stronger when your mind drifts farther - to memories of an overseas vacation instead of a domestic trip, for example, or a memory in the more distant past.