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The benefits of daydreaming

Elizabeth Cox · TED

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On a daily basis, you spend between a third and half of your waking hours daydreaming. That may sound like a huge waste of time, but scientists think it must have some purpose, or humans wouldn't have evolved to do so much of it. So, what exactly happens in the brain while you daydream? Elizabeth Cox takes a closer look at the science of daydreaming through the mind of a teenager. [Directed by Biljana Labović, narrated by Alexandra Panzer and Hani Furstenberg, music by Weston Fonger].

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Elizabeth Cox
Year
2022
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
Who can watch
TED gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from what the source says about it. How courses are placed