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29th APS Annual Convention

When, Why, and How the Mind Wanders

Friday, May 26, 2017 · Boston, MA

Biological/Neuroscience

When, why, and how does the mind wander? In this symposium, we discuss how external (Faber) and internal (Baumeister) conditions give rise to and modulate the content of mind wandering, and how its occurrence is driven and supported by cognitive (Schooler) and neural (Christoff) mechanisms involved in memory and attention.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Myrthe FaberChair
    University of Notre Dame
  • Sidney D'MelloCoChair
    University of Notre Dame
  • Sidney D'MelloDiscussant
    University of Notre Dame

Presentations

  1. Mind Wandering As Spontaneous Thought: A Dynamic FrameworkKalina Christoff
  2. Driven to Distraction: How Stimuli Give Rise to Mind WanderingMyrthe Faber
  3. When the Mind Wanders: Patterns of Spontaneous Everyday ThinkingRoy Baumeister, Kathleen Vohs, Wilhelm Hofmann
  4. Conceptualizing the Functionality and Dysfunctionality of Mind Wandering Jonathan Schooler