Metacognitive facilitation of spontaneous thought processes: When metacognition helps the wandering mind find its way

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Metacognition

Volumn 9783642451904, Issue , 2014, Pages 293-319

  Fox, Kieran C R ^a   Christoff, Kalina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45190-4_13     Document Type: Chapter

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