People with ADHD are more creative, because their minds naturally wander, study finds

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder can present challenges for people who have it, but it also may boost creativity.

The key to the increased creativity may be the tendency to let the mind wander, new research suggests.

Allowing the mind to wander, sometimes called daydreaming or "default mode," is essential for recalling memories and thinking about the future – as well as for problem solving, moral reasoning and novel thinking, according to previous research . But allowing one's brain to take these breaks can be difficult for people so programmed to be productive and busy all the time.

"There's not a place where it's built in to say this is a normative, expected, appreciated part of what it means to be alive, what it means to be well, what it means to be whole and what it mean