Thought Studies

Automaticity & Unconscious Cognition

Thought Studies links tagged Automaticity & Unconscious Cognition.

  1. Self-caught methodologies for measuring mind wandering with meta-awareness: A systematic review. Paper: 2023Posted:
    ConsciousnessSelf, Identity & Ego ProcessesAutomaticity & Unconscious Cognition
    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."
  2. The dynamic framework of mind wandering revisited: How mindful meta-awareness affects mental states’ constraints Paper: August 19, 2021Posted:
    MetacognitionAutomaticity & Unconscious Cognition
    Summary: This paper empirically examines how mindful meta-awareness reshapes the constraints that govern mind wandering, offering a dynamic framework that bridges spontaneous thought and conscious observation. The findings deepen understanding of how meta-awareness can interrupt automatic cognitive patterns, a mechanism directly relevant to the study of thought's proprioception.