Brain scientists are beginning to suspect that daydreaming is crucial to solving problems in our personal lives. For years, it was believed that daydreaming is a lapse in cognition, but recent studies show that temporal lobes - associated with long-term memories - are functioning (data-storage work). The wandering mind also utilizes the prefrontal cortex, part of the brain that involved in problem solving.
Reference: Wired
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