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JW (2006) The restless mind
| Venue: | Psychol Bull |
| Citations: | 142 - 13 self |
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@ARTICLE{Smallwood_jw(2006),
author = {Jonathan Smallwood and Jonathan W. Schooler},
title = {JW (2006) The restless mind},
journal = {Psychol Bull},
year = {},
pages = {946--958}
}
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Abstract
This article reviews the hypothesis that mind wandering can be integrated into executive models of attention. Evidence suggests that mind wandering shares many similarities with traditional notions of executive control. When mind wandering occurs, the executive components of attention appear to shift away from the primary task, leading to failures in task performance and superficial representations of the external environment. One challenge for incorporating mind wandering into standard executive models is that it often occurs in the absence of explicit intention—a hallmark of controlled processing. However, mind wandering, like other goal-related processes, can be engaged without explicit awareness; thus, mind wandering can be seen as a goal-driven process, albeit one that is not directed toward the primary task.
Keyphrases
restless mind primary task task performance controlled processing mind wandering executive component standard executive model goal-related process explicit awareness executive control superficial representation traditional notion share many similarity explicit intention external environment goal-driven process executive model
