Sentences with phrase «much their mind wandered»

Participants also filled out a questionnaire about how much their mind wandered in daily life.

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Mind wandering is a much more active state than we ever imagined, much more active than during reasoning with a complex problem.»

It turned out that those who chose posters using mind wandering generally liked and valued their selections as much as those who deliberated over their choices in a more controlled way.

There is no opportunity, however much one may desire to, to go to sleep; and while there is no sure preventive to mind - wandering, the service through centuries of tradition has been so formulated as to require a considerable degree of attention.

«People with efficient brains may have too much brain capacity to stop their minds from wandering,» said Eric Schumacher, the Georgia Tech associate psychology professor who co-authored the study.

To check that their machine - learning algorithm was correctly separating the focused mind from the wandering mind, D'Mello and his colleagues looked at how much the students in his experiment were actually learning through the educational software, which also tracked students» progress.

D'Mello said that previous research has shown that our minds typically wander 30 percent of the time when we're reading or as much as 40 percent of the time when we're listening to a lecture.

While the practice of yoga asanas effectively dissolves all physical discomfort and strengthens the weak muscles, deep breathing exercises still the wandering mind and bring the much - needed peace and composure.

It's hard not to let your mind wander and feel completely girly when you're surrounded by so much fluffy white fabric, lace and crystal.

If there's a dealbreaker for audiences or commercially minded critics, it's the fact that the narrative tends to grow unwieldy and wanders non-linearly from a coming - of - age story to something much more complex and wider (and no doubt autobiographical) about how the post-war generation's social upheaval and radical thinking damaged the children of this era (of which Potter was clearly one).

Perhaps in the film's laid - back inquisitive pace there is too much time to allow the viewer's mind to wander.

But much like Henry's ever - wandering mind, his quest takes him in different and unexpected directions, including running into the former love of his life, Daisy.

I think the secret is to find a job that's engaging enough that your mind can't wander too much at work, and set aside some hobby time to work on interesting projects.

Demons Age does a great job explaining everything while you wander about these screens, but you'll have to mind the misspellings and grammar inconsistencies, much like this site (I depend on copy edit just as much as the next guy).

It's reminding me more of the Myst franchise or Wander in that it's a survival sandbox framed by mystery and open - world exploration and relationship - building, not so much by the now - tropish parade of murderous zombies, dinosaurs, or other players (which is not to imply it's not stuffed with danger, mind you!).

As our minds wander to impending, much anticipated holidays, we can derive inspiration from the photographs of fellow holidaymakers, such as Flore Diamant.

Every time I see the original trilogy now and see Luke my mind will wander to «hey, remember how Luke seriously contemplated — and nearly acted on — killing a kid in his sleep» or «remember how this badass Jedi Knight dies from hologramming too much».

Perhaps there is something to be said for not marking out the journey and letting the mind wander but I feel in this day and age, when so much of our lives are goal - oriented, from the entertainment we choose to the education we invest in, that serious activities surrounding mental health and general well - being should at least incorporate some of that attitude.