Do People Like To Think Erin C Westgate Timothy D Wilson University of Virginia Is spontaneous reverie more enjoyable Is it common Is it pleasant Intentional Reverie 79 Spontaneous ID: 390203
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Choosing Reverie: Do People Like To Think?
Erin C. Westgate, Timothy D. Wilson
University of VirginiaSlide2
Is spontaneous reverie more enjoyable?Slide3Slide4
Is it common?Slide5
Is it pleasant?
Intentional
Reverie
(7.9%)
Spontaneous
Reverie
(6.8%)Slide6
Questions
Can we test this experimentally?
Is spontaneous reverie easier because it’s less cognitively demanding?
Can we make intentional reverie more enjoyable by making it less demanding?