Article
Behavioral Sciences
Juergen Fell, Leila Chaieb, Christian Hoppe
Summary: This study briefly describes and discusses the role of mind wandering (MW) in anxiety disorders. It suggests that overall MW is positively correlated with anxiety symptoms, and characteristics of worry and rumination may be relevant in anxiety. Furthermore, comorbid depressive and ADHD symptoms may contribute to excessive MW in anxiety. MW-related therapeutic interventions may be useful as complementary treatments in anxiety disorders, but further studies are needed to confirm and expand these initial findings.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ruiyan Jin, Xue Wen, Qian Zhang, Wei Xu
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between mindfulness and emotions among elementary school students, and found that mindfulness predicted more positive emotions and less negative emotions through reducing mind-wandering. These findings emphasize the beneficial effects of mindfulness on the emotional experience of elementary school students in daily life.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Leila Chaieb, Christian Hoppe, Juergen Fell
Summary: This study reviews and discusses the role of mind wandering (MW) in depression, with a focus on its relation to rumination. While there is limited information available on MW in depression, the existing studies provide some insights into this topic. However, further research is needed to compare patients with depression to healthy controls, measure both MW and rumination, and explore biases in the assessment of MW.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Jean-Charles Girardeau, Marco Sperduti, Philippe Blonde, Pascale Piolino
Summary: Mind wandering is a common feature of the human experience that can help people carry out planned actions. In this study, researchers found that mind wandering occupies a significant proportion of mental activity and is primarily used to project oneself into the future and plan daily obligations. Interestingly, only past-oriented thoughts are able to predict the execution of planned actions.
Article
Psychology, Experimental
David Marcusson-Clavertz, Stefan D. Persson, Etzel Cardena, Devin B. Terhune, Cassandra Gort, Christine Kuehner
Summary: Accumulating evidence suggests that individuals with greater executive resources spend less time mind wandering. This study used confirmatory factor analysis to examine the associations between distinct executive functions and different types of mind wandering. The findings showed that individuals with stronger executive control, specifically updating, showed a greater reduction in mind wandering when concentration and guilty-dysphoric style increased. The results suggest a trade-off between goal maintenance and goal replacement abilities in relation to daily life mind wandering.
COGNITIVE RESEARCH-PRINCIPLES AND IMPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
David Marcusson-Clavertz, Stefan D. Persson, Per Davidson, Jinhyuk Kim, Etzel Cardena, Christine Kuehner
Summary: Individuals who sleep poorly do not necessarily experience more task-unrelated or stimulus-independent thoughts. However, those who have more unguided thoughts tend to have greater sleep disturbances and longer sleep duration. This study highlights the importance of considering the context and features of mind wandering when examining its relationship with sleep.
CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Takayoshi Kase, Toshikazu Kawagoe
Summary: The study found that decision-making and coping-with-emotion skills are negatively related to the occurrence of mind wandering. Enhancing life skills may help in inhibiting mind wandering.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Sarah Bro Trasmundi, Juan Toro
Summary: In the past 20 years, the study of mind wandering has attracted the attention of researchers from various fields. Mind wandering has been described as task-unrelated, unintentional, stimulus-independent, or unguided thought processes. It is widely accepted that mind wandering during reading negatively affects flow, comprehension, and inference making. However, recent developments challenge traditional views on mind wandering and reading, suggesting that mind wandering can enrich cognitive processes involved in reading.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Business
Michael Klesel, Frederike Marie Oschinsky, Colin Conrad, Bjoern Niehaves
Summary: This study aimed to distinguish characteristics of cognitive processes while using information technology by identifying similarities and differences between mind wandering and cognitive absorption. The findings highlighted the importance of carefully differentiating between cognitive processes in Information Systems research and exploring neurophysiological antecedents for future studies.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Leila Chaieb, Sofie Krakau, Thomas P. Reber, Juergen Fell
Summary: Mind wandering is a state where attention shifts from the task at hand to thoughts, feelings, and imaginations. Patients with major depression exhibit more mind wandering. A study found that mind wandering was reduced during auditory beat stimulation.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
J. Loes Pouwels, Patti M. Valkenburg, Ine Beyens, Irene I. van Driel, Loes Keijsers
Summary: The study found differing effects of social media use on friendship closeness among individuals, with general WhatsApp and Instagram use showing positive associations with friendship closeness overall. However, individual-specific effects may vary, indicating the importance of considering individual differences in developmental and media effect theories.
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Christoph Kreiss, Tatjana Schnell
Summary: This study examines evaluations of daily activities and their relationship to perceived meaning in life. The results indicate that activities in culture/music, communication, intimacy, and sports are seen as both meaningful and pleasant. The study also found that individuals with high trait meaningfulness perceive their daily activities as more meaningful if they also enjoy them.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Robin Achterhof, Olivia J. Kirtley, Maude Schneider, Noemi Hagemann, Karlijn S. F. M. Hermans, Anu P. Hiekkaranta, Aleksandra Lecei, Jeroen Decoster, Catherine Derom, Marc De Hert, Sinan Guloksuz, Nele Jacobs, Claudia Menne-Lothmann, Bart P. F. Rutten, Evert Thiery, Jim van Os, Ruud van Winkel, Marieke Wichers, Inez Myin-Germeys
Summary: This article examines the associations between early psychopathology and social interactions in daily life. The study found that general psychopathology is associated with the quality of social interactions, while the associations with the quantity of social interactions are less apparent. This indicates the fundamentally social nature of early psychopathology and suggests that negative experiences of social interactions may be more valuable markers of early psychopathology.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Mathematical
Michael J. Kane, Bridget A. Smeekens, Matt E. Meier, Matthew S. Welhaf, Natalie E. Phillips
Summary: This study examined the construct validity of probed mind-wandering reports with an experimental and individual-differences approach, finding limitations in some probing methods and stability in certain results. The results provisionally recommend content-report probes for mind-wandering research.
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Vivian Shi Cheng Fung, Joseph Ching Yui Chan, Sandra Chi Yiu Wong, Corine Sau Man Wong, Olivia Kirtley, Inez Myin-Germeys, Gregory P. Strauss, Wing Chung Chang
Summary: Negative symptoms in early psychosis are not associated with blunted affective experiences, anhedonia or asociality, according to a study using an experience-sampling methodology. The study found higher intensity and variability of negative affect in patients compared to controls, but no group differences in affect instability or positive affect. Patients also had a preference for company when alone and a preference for being alone when with others. Future research combining experience-sampling methodology with other measures will provide a more refined assessment of negative symptoms in daily life.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
