Person
Dan Gilbert
Psychologist; mind-wandering and happiness
Psychologist and co-researcher with Matthew Killingsworth on real-time mind-wandering, finding people are mentally distracted from their current activity 47% of the time, and consistently less happy in those moments. See Killingsworth Gilbert Mind-Wandering Happiness Study.
Discussed in
- Episode 131 — 131-tips-for-living-a-happier-life-according-to-science