Daydreaming could increase your brain’s neuroplasticity, a new Harvard-backed study shows. Why researchers are touting the importance of ‘quiet wakefulness’

A new study from Harvard provides preliminary evidence that daydreams are involved in neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to change and adapt due to factors like injury and learning. (Credit: Getty Images)

Your thoughts wander during an unnecessary meeting that could have easily been summarized in an email. 

Feel guilty? Don’t—your seemingly self-indulgent mental detour may have boosted your brain’s neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to change and adapt due to factors like injury and learning.