Daydreaming

Some speak to themselves. Others create mental images and sounds. Most people think they mind wander more than others. How about you? What kind of daydreamer are you? Research on daydreaming is precisely coming out of the lab and into your pocket!

With this app you can:
- Get to know your inner life better: its richness and the factors that have an impact on it.
- Contribute to a real psychological experiment designed by daydreaming experts

How does it work?

This app contains:
- three psychological questionnaires to complete in the first three days
- a couple of questions every morning about your sleep quality
- a couple of questions every evening about your free time
- the possibility to describe at any moment your thoughts with the tools of science
- daily notifications at random moments about the quality of your thoughts

I wanna know more!

Your mind is rich and complex, and many mundane things could have a surprising impact on it. Of course your mental habits, but also your sleep quality and how you spend your free time will be useful information to get a grasp on what makes your mental life so specific.

Humans' thought is an ephemeral phenomenon. It is short-lived, and soon cleared from memory as you start attending to other things. The scientific study of thought has been challenging, but we now know that people’s descriptions of their thoughts are the most accurate when they are the most immediate.

Therefore, at any moment, you will be able to describe to the app your thoughts as you were just having them, whether daydreaming or not. Of course, you should not think too much about your thoughts! That is why, at random moments during the day, you will receive notifications asking you questions about your thoughts as you are having them – without anticipating the app.

Finally, this app will not only help you paying attention to each of your own thoughts and mental functioning with the tools of science. Grasping the full picture is impossible in daily life and yet it is the most interesting: you get a chance to notice regular and unexpected patterns that appear only after dozens of observations have been collected.

To thank you for your helpful participation, you will receive such a summary as a detailed report of your real daydreaming style after 30 days of running the app. You will be able to share this report on your favorite social medias.