{"598406":{"#nid":"598406","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Is there any benefit to daydreaming?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe professional daydreamers among us might argue that there is indeed a benefit to letting your mind wander; just five minutes of\u0026nbsp;pretending to be on a beach in\u0026nbsp;Tahiti can be\u0026nbsp;a worthwhile\u0026nbsp;escape from the day\u0026#39;s worries. But a new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0028393217302592\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E from researchers with the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.psychology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E shows that for some, daydreaming could be a sign of greater intellectual ability and creativity. This Guardian story quotes the study\u0026#39;s lead author, graduate student \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/control.gatech.edu\/people\/graduate\/cgodwin\/\u0022\u003EChristine Godwin.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-11-06 18:10:02","changed_gmt":"2017-11-06 18:10:02","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Christine Angelini","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2017\/nov\/06\/is-any-benefit-to-daydreaming-mind-wandering-useful-function","dateline":{"date":"2017-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"597959":{"id":"597959","type":"image","title":"Christine Godwin","body":null,"created":"1509117807","gmt_created":"2017-10-27 15:23:27","changed":"1509117807","gmt_changed":"2017-10-27 15:23:27","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227960","name":"Christine Godwin.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Christine%20Godwin.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Christine%20Godwin.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":316724,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Christine%20Godwin.jpg?itok=uY35EbAY"}}},"media_ids":["597959"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"176018","name":"Daydreaming"},{"id":"176063","name":"Christine Godwin"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}