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Daniel T. Gilbert

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Harvard psychologists Matthew A. Killingsworth (right) and Daniel T. Gilbert (left) used a special "track your happiness" iPhone app to gather research. The results: We spend at least half our time thinking about something other than our immediate surroundings, and most of this daydreaming doesn't make us happy.

Wandering mind not a happy mind

About 47% of waking hours spent thinking about what isn’t going on

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DateNovember 11, 2010May 2, 2019