September 2026 Digest
Thought Studies posts from September 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026.
A short summary will be generated after this month is complete.
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Self-caught methodologies for measuring mind wandering with meta-awareness: A systematic review. Paper: 2023Posted:Summary: This systematic review examines self-caught methods for measuring mind wandering with meta-awareness, finding considerable methodological heterogeneity across the literature. It documents and compares methodological variants and offers suggestions for future research and clinical work, contributing to the assessment of attention, awareness, and conscious thought.Editor’s comments: "This review shows that considerable methodological heterogeneity exists in the literature. Methodological variants of self-caught mind wandering methodologies are documented and examined, and suggestions for future research and clinical work are suggested."
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(PDF) Intentionality and meta-awareness of mind wandering: Are they one and the same, or distinct dimensions? Paper: 2017Posted:Summary: This study examines whether the intentionality and meta-awareness of mind wandering are one and the same dimension or two distinct dimensions, within a broader context of research on spontaneously emerging thought. Its analysis bears on how metacognition and attention shape the classification and understanding of mind-wandering experiences.