Spontaneous Repetitive Thoughts Can Be Adaptive: Postscript on "Mind Wandering"

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-210

  Baars, Bernard J ^a  

^a The Neurosciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

consciousness; default state; experience monitoring; resting state; spontaneous thought

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; THINKING;

EID: 77649193981     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018726     Document Type: Article

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