A wandering mind is an unhappy mind

Science

Volumn 330, Issue 6006, 2010, Pages 932-

  Killingsworth, Matthew A ^a   Gilbert, Daniel T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; MEMORY;

ACHIEVEMENT; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; EMOTION; HAPPINESS; MOOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THINKING; WANDERING BEHAVIOR; WANDERING MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; CELLULAR PHONE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149380796     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1192439     Document Type: Short Survey

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