Abstract People spend a remarkable 30–50% of their awake life thinking about something
other than what they are currently doing. These experiences of being 'off-task'can be …

There is a growing recognition that thoughts often arise independently of external demands.
These thoughts can span from reminiscing your last vacation to contemplating career goals …

Rumination is a cognitive style characterized by repetitive thoughts about one's negative
internal states and is a common symptom of depression. Previous studies have linked trait …

While recent neurocognitive theories have proposed links between dreams and waking life,
it remains unclear what kinds of waking thoughts are most similar in their phenomenological …

Some experiences linger in mind, spontaneously returning to our thoughts for minutes after
their conclusion. Other experiences fall out of mind immediately. It remains unclear why. We …

Rumination is closely linked to the onset and maintenance of major depressive disorder
(MDD). Prior neuroimaging studies have identified the association between self‐reported …

Is the brain at rest during the so-called resting state? Ongoing experiences in the resting
state vary in unobserved and uncontrolled ways across time, individuals, and populations …

Many psychological concepts have underlying constructs that need further exploration to
navigate through unresolved concerns in psychotherapy. Researcher explores to what …

The COVID-19 global pandemic led to major upheavals in daily life. As a result, mental
health has been negatively impacted for many, including college students who have faced …

Current theory and empirical studies suggest that humans segment continuous experiences
into events based on the mismatch between predicted and actual sensory inputs; detection …