Mind Wandering: Friend Or Foe? The Research

We argue that to fully understand mind wandering, we need to look at dimensions assessing the process (i. e. , perceptual decoupling), dynamics (i. e. , mental improvisation), and content (i. e. ,. We explain how mind wandering fits into the wider fabric of human agency, which makes sense of the causes and conditions of mind wandering. These can be leveraged into a (limited) defense. Mind wandering (mw) has recently been associated with both adaptive (e. g. , creativity enhancement) and maladaptive (e. g. , mood worsening) consequences. This study aimed at investigating whether proneness to mw was prospectively associated with negative health.