Conscious experience is fluid; it rarely remains on one topic for an extended period without
deviation. Its dynamic nature is illustrated by the experience of mind wandering, in which …

Mind wandering (ie engaging in cognitions unrelated to the current demands of the external
environment) reflects the cyclic activity of two core processes: the capacity to disengage …

In the past decade, a new field has formed to investigate the concept of mind-wandering, or
task-unrelated thought. The state of mind-wandering is typically contrasted with being on …

In this comment, we contrast different conceptions of mind wandering that were presented in
2 recent theoretical reviews: Smallwood and Schooler (2006) and Watkins (2008). We also …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) has been characterized by excessive default-network
activation and connectivity with the subgenual cingulate. These hyper-connectivities are …

Mindless reading occurs when the eyes continue moving across the page even though the
mind is thinking about something unrelated to the text. Despite how commonly it occurs, very …

Cognition can unfold with little regard to the events taking place in the environment, and
such self-generated mental activity poses a specific set of challenges for its scientific …

Even if mind wandering (MW) and mindfulness have traditionally been intended as separate
and antithetical constructs, the roles of these 2 mental states on creative behavior were …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 117 (4) of
Psychological Review (see record 2010-22285-009). In the article, there was an error in the …

Method Fifteen graduate students at the University of Waterloo read two passages from A
Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. The passages were presented on a …