A multi-faceted approach to understanding individual differences in mind-wandering

2020/02/12 by Matthew K. Robison, Ashley L. Miller, Nash Unsworth · 119 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Alertness #Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes #Cognition #Cognitive psychology #Developmental psychology #Mind wandering and attention #Mind-wandering #Moderation #Mood #Personality #Psychology #Set (abstract data type) #Sleep and Wakefulness Research #Social psychology #Task (project management) #Theory of mind

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2019.104078

published in Cognition 198, 104078 (Elsevier BV)

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