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A Georgia Tech team scanned more than 100 people at rest and found that those who reported more frequent mind-wandering in daily life tended to score higher on fluid intelligence and creativity tests — suggesting that, in some people, a wandering mind may reflect an efficient brain with spare cognitive capacity, rather than simple distraction.

A Georgia Tech resting-state brain imaging study complicates the usual workplace story about mind-wandering, creativity, and visible focus.