Mind wandering enhances statistical learning by Teodóra Vékony, Bence C. Farkas, Bianka Brezóczki, Matthias Mittner, Gábor Csifcsák, Péter Simor, Dezső Németh

“…Summary: The human brain spends 30–50% of its waking hours engaged in mind-wandering (MW), a common phenomenon in which individuals either spontaneously or deliberately shift their attention away from external tasks to task-unrelated internal thoughts. …”
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Resting-state BOLD temporal variability of the default mode network predicts spontaneous mind wandering, which is negatively associated with mindfulness skills by Sara Sorella, Cristiano Crescentini, Alessio Matiz, Alessio Matiz, Minah Chang, Alessandro Grecucci, Alessandro Grecucci

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A Review of Key Factors Influencing Mind Wandering in Online Learning and the Role of Visual Design and Technological Interventions by Hao Xu, Masitah Ghazali, Nur Zuraifah Syazrah Othman

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The effects of a single bout of high intensity exercise on stress reactivity, mind wandering, and lecture comprehension in young adults. by Anisa Morava, Ali Shirzad, James Van Riesen, Mustafa Shirzad, Nader Elshawish, Erind Alushaj, Harry Prapavessis

“…Notably, state anxiety was positively associated with mind wandering and mind wandering was negatively associated with lecture comprehension. …”
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A comparative study of EEG microstate dynamics during happy and sad music videos by Ashish Gupta, Chandan Kumar Srivastava, Braj Bhushan, Laxmidhar Behera, Laxmidhar Behera

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Comprehensively Summarizing What Distracts Students from Online Learning: A Literature Review by Chenghao Wang

“…At the same time, students are also facing more challenges during online learning. Multitasking, mind-wandering, and using digital devices are the extensively discussed types of distractions that detriment students’ learning performance by impairing their focused attention. …”
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Oscillating Mindfully: Using Machine Learning to Characterize Systems-Level Electrophysiological Activity During Focused Attention Meditation by Noga Aviad, Oz Moskovich, Ophir Orenstein, Etam Benger, Arnaud Delorme, Amit Bernstein

“…Results: The algorithm classified meditation versus mind-wandering states with 83% accuracy, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 79% and F1 score of 74%. …”
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Spontaneous thought separates into clusters of negative, positive, and flexible thinking by Marta Migó, Jessica A. Cooper, Philip A. Kragel, Michael T. Treadway

“…These clusters were characterized by two distinct patterns of stuck negative thinking, a pattern of protective positive thinking, and a pattern of flexible mind-wandering. Our results support a method for modeling spontaneous thought and isolate distinct sub-types that may not be accessible using retrospective self-report methods. …”
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Alpha and Theta Oscillations Associated With Behavioral Phenotypes of Pain–Attention Interaction by Nikou Kelardashti, Benjamin T. Dunkley, Rima El‐Sayed, Vaidhehi Veena Sanmugananthan, Junseok Andrew Kim, Natalie Rae Osborne, Joshua C. Cheng, Anton Rogachov, Rachael L. Bosma, Ariana E. Besik, Karen Deborah Davis

“…Individual IAP scores were determined by assessing mind‐wandering during pain and A/P type was based on interference of pain with cognitive task performance. …”
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