[HTML][HTML] Electrophysiological markers of mind wandering: A systematic review

JWY Kam, T Rahnuma, YE Park, CM Hart - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability to mentally wander away from the external environment is a remarkable feature of
the human mind. Although recent years have witnessed a surge of interest in examining …

Is it time to put rest to rest?

ES Finn - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2021 - cell.com
The so-called resting state, in which participants lie quietly with no particular inputs or
outputs, represented a paradigm shift from conventional task-based studies in human …

What are the benefits of mind wandering to creativity?

S Murray, N Liang, N Brosowsky… - Psychology of Aesthetics …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
A primary aim of mind-wandering research has been to understand its influence on task
performance. While this research has typically highlighted the costs of mind wandering, a …

The shower effect: Mind wandering facilitates creative incubation during moderately engaging activities.

ZC Irving, C McGrath, L Flynn, A Glasser… - … of Aesthetics, Creativity …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
People often seem to generate creative ideas during moderately engaging activities, such
as showering or walking. One explanation of this shower effect is that creative idea …

Task-unrelated thought during educational activities: A meta-analysis of its occurrence and relationship with learning

AY Wong, SL Smith, CA McGrath, LE Flynn… - Contemporary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The “costs” of task-unrelated thought (often referred to as mind-wandering) on performance
in educational contexts have received growing theoretical and empirical attention in the last …

Mind-wandering: mechanistic insights from lesion, tDCS, and iEEG

JWY Kam, M Mittner, RT Knight - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Cognitive neuroscience has witnessed a surge of interest in investigating the neural
correlates of the mind when it drifts away from an ongoing task and the external …

Ecological momentary assessment of mind-wandering: meta-analysis and systematic review

I Kawashima, T Hinuma, SC Tanaka - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Mind-wandering (MW) is a universal human phenomenon and revealing its nature
contributes to understanding consciousness. The ecological momentary assessment (EMA) …

Recent advances in the neuroscience of spontaneous and off-task thought: implications for mental health

A Kucyi, JWY Kam, JR Andrews-Hanna… - Nature mental …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract People spend a remarkable 30–50% of their awake life thinking about something
other than what they are currently doing. These experiences of being 'off-task'can be …

On the relationship between unprompted thought and affective well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

JWY Kam, AY Wong, RF Thiemann, F Hasan… - Psychological …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
There is a growing recognition that thoughts often arise independently of external demands.
These thoughts can span from reminiscing your last vacation to contemplating career goals …

EEG complexity during mind wandering: A multiscale entropy investigation

K Cnudde, G Kim, WS Murch, TC Handy, AB Protzner… - Neuropsychologia, 2023 - Elsevier
Our attention often drifts away from the ongoing task to task-unrelated thoughts, a
phenomenon commonly referred to as mind wandering. Ample studies dedicated to …