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Encyclopedia > Daydreaming
This article is about the psychological term. For the Mariah Carey album, see Daydream (album). For the often-sampled Gunter Kallman Choir song see Daydream (song).

A daydream is a form of consciousness that involves a low level of conscious activity. Daydreaming generally comprises of a fantasy while awake. Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. ... Daydream is the sixth album and fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released in the United States on October 3, 1995 (see 1995 in music); it is considered by most to be her signature album. ... Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise such key features as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and ones environment. ... See fantasy for an account of the literary genre involving the development of common or popular fantasies. ...


Sometimes, someone who daydreams is seeking to fulfill a dream or hope in their mind. While it may seem a useless human behavioral glitch or fault, it can actually be quite constructive, especially for those who are in a creative career. Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes: The Dream, 1883 A girl sleeps in her bed, before reaching REM sleep. ... This articles neutrality is compromised by weasel words. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. ...


See also

An imaginary world is a setting, place or event or scenario at variance with objective reality, ranging from the voluntary suspension of disbelief of fictional universes and the socially constructed consensus reality of the Social Imaginary, to alternate realities resulting from disinformation, misinformation or imaginative speculation, and the subjective universe... Imagination is, in general, the power or process of producing mental images and ideas. ... Escapism is mental diversion by means of entertainment or recreation, as an escape from the perceived unpleasant aspects of daily reality. ... Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes: The Dream, 1883 A girl sleeps in her bed, before reaching REM sleep. ...

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  • Positive effects of daydreaming

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Daydream (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (587 words)
Daydream is the sixth album and fourth studio album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on October 3, 1995 (see 1995 in music) by Columbia Records.
Daydream debuted at the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart with 224,000 copies sold in its first week; it stayed at number one for six non-consecutive weeks, in the top twenty for forty-one non-consecutive weeks, and on the Billboard 200 for eighty-one weeks.
Daydream and its tracks were nominated for six Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, winning none.
Daydream - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (210 words)
A daydream is a form of consciousness that involves a low level of conscious activity.
Sometimes, someone who daydreams is seeking to fulfill a dream or hope in their mind.
Often, the daydream takes the form of a train of thought, leading the daydreamer away from being aware of his or her immediate surroundings, and concentrating more and more on these new directions of thought.
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