Daydreams really can take you far away

"Just how distracting daydreams can be depends on where exactly your wandering mind takes you, a new study suggests. The farther away your mind drifts — in time and space — the harder it is to remember what you just did. For instance, daydreams of your childhood home or a vacation on the other side of the world had a more pronounced effect on memory than thoughts of where you just were an hour ago.

However, since the study was conducted in an experimental environment and not the real world...