Mind wandering is a phenomenon that involves thoughts shifting away from a primary task to the process of dealing with other personal goals. A large number of studies have found that mind wandering can predict negative emotions, but researchers have seldom focused on the positive role of mind wandering. The current study aimed to explore the relationships among mind wandering, emotions and thought control ability, which is the ability to inhibit one’s own unpleasant or unwanted intrusive thoughts. Here, we collected resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) data from 368 participants who completed a set of questionnaires involving mind wandering, thought control ability and positive or negative emotions. The results revea...
To evaluate the role of emotional valence on the impact of mind wandering on working memory (WM) and...
Mind wandering is often thought to have adverse consequences such as to deteriorate mood. However, m...
One unique characteristic of humans is our ability to mind wander – a state in which we engage in th...
Mind wandering is a phenomenon that involves thoughts shifting away from a primary task to the proce...
The negative effects of mind-wandering on performance and mood have been widely documented. In a rec...
Mind-wandering refers to the occurrence of thoughts whose content is both decoupled from stimuli pre...
Mind-wandering is closely connected with negative mood. Whether negative mood is a cause or conseque...
The phenomenon of mind wandering involves a situation in which a person\u27s executive control switc...
Mind wandering is when our thoughts drift away from the current task. These task unrelated thoughts ...
Many powerful human emotional thoughts are generated in the absence of a precipitating event in the ...
We conducted an exploratory study of adult individual differences in the contents of mind-wandering ...
Many individuals spend a substantial portion of their waking time thinking about topics unrelated to...
The aim of this study was to assess the mediating role of affects between mind-wandering and happine...
When the human mind wanders, it engages in episodes during which attention is focused on self-genera...
Mind wandering (MW) has recently been associated with both adaptive (e.g., creativity enhancement) a...
To evaluate the role of emotional valence on the impact of mind wandering on working memory (WM) and...
Mind wandering is often thought to have adverse consequences such as to deteriorate mood. However, m...
One unique characteristic of humans is our ability to mind wander – a state in which we engage in th...
Mind wandering is a phenomenon that involves thoughts shifting away from a primary task to the proce...
The negative effects of mind-wandering on performance and mood have been widely documented. In a rec...
Mind-wandering refers to the occurrence of thoughts whose content is both decoupled from stimuli pre...
Mind-wandering is closely connected with negative mood. Whether negative mood is a cause or conseque...
The phenomenon of mind wandering involves a situation in which a person\u27s executive control switc...
Mind wandering is when our thoughts drift away from the current task. These task unrelated thoughts ...
Many powerful human emotional thoughts are generated in the absence of a precipitating event in the ...
We conducted an exploratory study of adult individual differences in the contents of mind-wandering ...
Many individuals spend a substantial portion of their waking time thinking about topics unrelated to...
The aim of this study was to assess the mediating role of affects between mind-wandering and happine...
When the human mind wanders, it engages in episodes during which attention is focused on self-genera...
Mind wandering (MW) has recently been associated with both adaptive (e.g., creativity enhancement) a...
To evaluate the role of emotional valence on the impact of mind wandering on working memory (WM) and...
Mind wandering is often thought to have adverse consequences such as to deteriorate mood. However, m...
One unique characteristic of humans is our ability to mind wander – a state in which we engage in th...