The restless mind.
- J. Smallwood, J. Schooler
- PsychologyPsychological bulletin
- 1 November 2006
Evidence suggests that mind wandering shares many similarities with traditional notions of executive control, and can be seen as a goal-driven process, albeit one that is not directed toward the primary task.
Experience sampling during fMRI reveals default network and executive system contributions to mind wandering
- K. Christoff, A. Gordon, J. Smallwood, Rachelle Smith, J. Schooler
- PsychologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 26 May 2009
An fMRI study that used experience sampling to provide an online measure of mind wandering during a concurrent task revealed a number of crucial aspects of the neural recruitment associated with mind wandering, highlighting the value of combining subjective self-reports with online measures of brain function for advancing the understanding of the neurophenomenology of subjective experience.
Situating the default-mode network along a principal gradient of macroscale cortical organization
- D. Margulies, Satrajit S. Ghosh, J. Smallwood
- BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 18 October 2016
An overarching organization of large-scale connectivity that situates the default-mode network at the opposite end of a spectrum from primary sensory and motor regions is described, suggesting that the role of the DMN in cognition might arise from its position at one extreme of a hierarchy, allowing it to process transmodal information that is unrelated to immediate sensory input.
The science of mind wandering: empirically navigating the stream of consciousness.
- J. Smallwood, J. Schooler
- PsychologyAnnual Review of Psychology
- 5 January 2015
Examination of the information-processing demands of the mind-wandering state suggests that it involves perceptual decoupling to escape the constraints of the moment, its content arises from episodic and affective processes, and its regulation relies on executive control.
The default network and selfâgenerated thought: component processes, dynamic control, and clinical relevance
- J. Andrews-Hanna, J. Smallwood, R. N. Spreng
- PsychologyAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- 1 May 2014
Evidence is presented that selfâgenerated thought is a multifaceted construct whose component processes are supported by different subsystems within the network, and clinical implications of disruptions to the integrity of the network are discussed.
Subjective experience and the attentional lapse: Task engagement and disengagement during sustained attention
- J. Smallwood, J. Davies, M. Obonsawin
- PsychologyConsciousness and Cognition
- 1 December 2004
Meta-awareness, perceptual decoupling and the wandering mind
- J. Schooler, J. Smallwood, K. Christoff, T. Handy, E. Reichle, M. Sayette
- PsychologyTrends in Cognitive Sciences
- 1 July 2011
Distinguishing how from why the mind wanders: a process-occurrence framework for self-generated mental activity.
- J. Smallwood
- PsychologyPsychological bulletin
- 1 May 2013
It is suggested that identifying the moment that self-generated mental events begin is a necessary next step in moving toward a testable account of why the mind has evolved to neglect the present in favor of ruminations on the past or imaginary musings of what may yet come to pass.
Back to the future: Autobiographical planning and the functionality of mind-wandering
- Benjamin Baird, J. Smallwood, J. Schooler
- PsychologyConsciousness and Cognition
- 1 December 2011
Inspired by Distraction
- Benjamin Baird, J. Smallwood, M. Mrazek, J. Kam, M. S. Franklin, J. Schooler
- PsychologyPsychology Science
- 31 August 2012
Assessing whether performance on validated creativity problems can be facilitated by engaging in either a demanding task or an undemanding task that maximizes mind wandering suggested that engaging in simple external tasks that allow the mind to wander may facilitate creative problem solving.
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