Mind-wandering and negative mood: Does one thing really lead to another?

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1412-1421

  Poerio, Giulia L ^a   Totterdell, Peter ^a   Miles, Eleanor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current concerns; Experience sampling; Mental time travel; Mind wandering; Negative mood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSCIOUSNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE; MALE; MIND WANDERING; MOOD; NEGATIVE MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SADNESS; THINKING; TIME PERCEPTION;

CURRENT CONCERNS; EXPERIENCE SAMPLING; MENTAL TIME TRAVEL; MIND-WANDERING; NEGATIVE MOOD;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886305736     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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