Herts Bio & Cog: Mind Wandering

What does mind wandering consist of?

• Task-unrelated thoughts

• Task-unrelated images and thoughts

• Stimulus independent thoughts and self-generated/spontaneous thoughts

• All 3

What did Smallwood and Schooler, 2006 suggest

• There is intention to mind wander

• There is no intention to mind wander, even if you intend to focus

• Tiggers start off self-generated mind wandering

• All 3

How is objective / indirect measures used for mind wandering?

• Reaction time on a difficult task is slow due to mind wandering, eye movement and other physiological measures

• Self-caught and probe-caught

• Reaction time on an easy task is slower because of mind wandering, eye movement and other physiological measures

• self-caught and reaction time of easy tasks

What subjective / direct measures are used on mind wandering

• Reaction time on difficult tasks is slower due to mind wandering, eye movement and other physiological measures

• Reaction time on easy tasks is slower due to mind wandering, eye movement and other physiological measures

• Self-caught and probe-caught

• Self-caught and reaction time on easy tasks

What does SART mean

• Sustained Attention to Reasoning task

• Susceptible Attention to Response task

• Sustained Attention to Response task

• Sustained Assimilation to Response task

Who devised Maladaptive daydreaming

• Somer, E. 2002

• Somer, E. 1999

• Smallwood & Andrews-Hanna, 2013

• Smallwood & Andrews-Hanna, 1989

What different personality types are associated with Maladaptive daydreaming

• Narcissistic / grandiosity traits

• ADHD-A

• OCD

• All 3

What did Plimpton et al., 2015 research suggest

• Mind wandering is stimulus independent, triggered by external stimulus

• Mind wandering is triggered by internal stimulus

• Internal cues lead to mind wandering

• All 3

What is the context dependency hypothesis

• MW is beneficial for high task demand but is detrimental for low task demand

• MW is detrimental during high task demand but is beneficial for low task demand

• Mental time-travel is important for self-identity

• Mind wandering helps solve current concerns

Mind wandering in classrooms can be reduced by

• Increasing student motivation

• Intermitted testing

• Mindfulness training

• All 3