Visual perspective and the characteristics of mind wandering

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Christian, Brittany M ^a   Miles, Lynden K ^a   Parkinson, arolyn ^b   Macrae, C Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Mental imagery; Mind wandering; Third person; Vantage point; Visual perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885404860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00699     Document Type: Article

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