Most research on mind-wandering has characterized it as a mental state with contents that
are task unrelated or stimulus independent. However, the dynamics of mind-wandering — …

Limited by space, here we describe just a few examples of many. Multiple CFS studies have
examined faces (see [9] for a review). Studies find that upright faces (and human bodies) …

Anticorrelation between the default network (DN) and dorsal attention network (DAN) is
thought to be an intrinsic aspect of functional brain organization reflecting competing functions. …

Although mind-wandering occupies up to half of our waking thoughts, it is seldom discussed
in philosophy. My paper brings these neglected thoughts into focus. I propose that mind-…

Mind wandering is frequently defined as task-unrelated or perceptually decoupled thought.
However, these definitions may not capture the dynamic features of a wandering mind, such …

An often-overlooked characteristic of the human mind is its propensity to wander. Despite
growing interest in the science of mind-wandering, most studies operationalize mind-…

Humans spend much of their lives engaging with their internal train of thoughts. Traditionally,
research focused on whether or not these thoughts are related to ongoing tasks, and has …

… But now we face the second horn of the dilemma: Some mind-wandering is task-related (Irving,
2016). Consider our … Much of the material for this section is adapted from Irving (2016). …

People often seem to generate creative ideas during moderately engaging activities, such as
showering or walking. One explanation of this shower effect is that creative idea generation …

… This raises another problem: whether thinking counts as disunified depends on an arbitrary
choice about how far we zoom out (Irving & Thompson, 2018). Consider your thoughts in the …