Meta-awareness, perceptual decoupling and the wandering mind

Schooler, Jonathan W., Smallwood, Jonathan, Christoff, Kalina, Handy, Todd C., Reichle, Erik D., Sayette, Michael A.·2011·Trends in Cognitive Sciences

DOI 10.1016/j.tics.2011.05.006

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