Why it's good to let your mind wander
Emptying your mind and making it perfectly still is hard to do – we're constantly besieged by ideas, plans, memories, worries and dreams. Stopping this endless cycle and switching off can sound like a nice idea sometimes, but does your brain get the memo?
Broadcaster, author and psychology lecturer, Claudia Hammond, takes a breather to look at why the evidence suggests it might be a good thing that our brains never really rest.
Script and narration: Claudia Hammond
Animation: Daire Collins
