Ode to positive constructive daydreaming

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  McMillan, Rebecca L ^a,b   Kaufman, Scott Barry ^c   Singer, Jerome L ^d  

^a Gifted Homeschoolers Forum Online   (United States)

^b The Creativity Post   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Daydreaming; Default mode network; Intelligence; Jerome L. Singer; Mind wandering; Positive constructive daydreaming; Volitional daydreaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885360425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00626     Document Type: Review

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