In conclusion, a human mind is a wandering mind, and a wandering mind is an unhappy mind. The ability to think about what is not happening is a cognitive achievement that comes at an emotional cost.<\/strong>
\nFig. 1. Mean happiness reported during each activity (top) and while mind wandering to unpleasant topics, neutral topics, pleasant topics or not mind wandering (bottom). Dashed line indicates mean of happiness across all samples. Bubble area indicates the frequency of occurrence. The largest bubble (\u201cnot mind wandering\u201d) corresponds to 53.1% of the samples, and the smallest bubble (\u201cpraying\/worshipping\/meditating\u201d) corresponds to 0.1% of the samples.
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