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mind wandering: a standalone construct

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Cognitive psychology

attention drifting from the task at hand to unrelated thoughts.

In cognitive psychology, mind wandering refers to attention drifting from the task at hand to unrelated thoughts. This meaning comes from Smallwood (2006) in Psychological Bulletin.[1]

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  1. Smallwood, J., & Schooler, J. W. (2006). The restless mind. Psychological Bulletin, 132(6), 946-958. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.132.6.946

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