TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - On the necessity of distinguishing between unintentional and intentional mind wandering
JO  - Psychological science
A1  - Seli, Paul
A1  - Risko, Evan F.
A1  - Smilek, Daniel
SP  - 685
EP  - 691
VL  - 27
IS  - 5
N2  - In recent years, there has been an enormous increase in the number of studies examining mind wandering. Although participants' reports of mind wandering are often assumed to largely reflect spontaneous, unintentional thoughts, many researchers' conceptualizations of mind wandering have left open the possibility that at least some of these reports reflect deliberate, intentional thought. Critically, however, in most investigations on the topic, researchers have not separately assessed each type of mind wandering; instead, they have measured mind wandering as a unitary construct, thereby conflating intentional and unintentional types. We report the first compelling evidence that an experimental manipulation can have qualitatively different effects on intentional and unintentional types of mind wandering. This result provides clear evidence that researchers interested in understanding mind wandering need to consider the distinction between unintentional and intentional occurrences of this phenomenon.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2016.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0956-7976
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797616634068
ID  - ref1
ER  -