Daydreaming

thumb|right|1912 postcard illustrating the concept of a man daydreaming about a woman

right|thumb|upright=1.2|Doodle by Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia, c. 1795

mental disorder

thumb|A llama staring at the camera

large-scale brain network, active when one is not focused on the outside world and the brain is at wakeful rest (e.g. daydreaming), and also while thinking about others, thinking about oneself, remembering the past, and planning for the future

Bovarysme is a term derived from Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary (1857), coined by Jules de Gaultier in his 1892 essay on Flaubert's novel, "Le Bovarysme, la psychologie dans l’œuvre de Flaubert". It denotes a tendency towards escapist daydreaming in which the dreamer imagines themself to be a hero or heroine in a romance, whilst ignoring the everyday realities of the situation. The eponymous Madame Bovary is an example of this.

particular type of attention disorder

folk tale

disposition or personality trait in which a person experiences a lifelong extensive and deep involvement in fantasy

Mind-wandering is broadly defined as thoughts that are task-unrelated and stimulus-independent. This can take the form of three different subtypes: positive constructive daydreaming, guilty fear of failure, and poor attentional control.

A visionary, defined broadly, is one who can envision the future. For some groups, visioning can involve the supernatural.

1939 short story by James Thurber

Spanish idiom about daydreaming

Kokology is the study of kokoro (Japanese: 心) 'mind or spirit', introduced in the Kokology book series by Tadahiko Nagao and Isamu Saito, a professor at Rissho and Waseda Universities in Japan and an author of a number of bestselling books regarding psychology and relationships.