The Effects of Block Duration and Task Demands on the Experience of Task Unrelated Thought

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-31

  Smallwood, Jonathan ^a   Obonsawin, Marc ^b   Reid, Helga ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85174285511     PISSN: 02762366     EISSN: 15414477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/TBML-N8JN-W5YB-4L9R     Document Type: Article

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