An idle brain may be the self's workshop (tx, novapsyche)

[davidfcooper]

Read the entire article on latimes.com

Until recently, scientists would have found little of interest in purposeless mind-wandering--they were just the brain idling between meaningful activity. But in the span of a few short years, they have instead come to view mental leisure as important, purposeful work — work that relies on a powerful and far-flung network of brain cells firing in unison...As neuroscientists study the idle brain, some believe they are exploring a central mystery in human psychology: where and how our concept of "self" is created, maintained, altered and renewed.

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[davidfcooper.livejournal.com]

Having had my scholarship to a private school revoked at age 8 for daydreaming it makes me very happy to see that activity finally validated.