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Mind-Wandering With and Without Intention
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The past decade has seen a surge of research examining mind-wandering, but most of this research has not considered the potential importance of distinguishing between intentional and unintentional mind-wandering. However, a recent series of papers has demonstrated that mind-wandering reported in empirical investigations frequently occurs with and without intention, and more critically, that intentional and unintentional mind-wandering are dissociable. This emerging literature suggests that to increase clarity in the literature, there is a need to reconsider the bulk of the mind-wandering literature with an eye toward deconvolving these two different cognitive experiences. In this review, we highlight recent trends in investigations of the intentionality of mind-wandering and outline a novel theoretical framework regarding the mechanisms underlying intentional and unintentional mind-wandering.
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- Seli, P., Risko, E. F., Smilek, D., & Schacter, D. L.
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-08
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 605-617
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2438711055
- Cited by
- 451
- References
- 103
- FWCI
- 4.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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