See also
daydreaming and
attention.Mind-wandering (sometimes referred to as task unrelated thought) is a topic in
experimental psychology that refers to the experience that thoughts rarely remain on a single topic for a long period of time when people are not engaged in an attention-demanding task (classically referred to as the
train of thought, see
William James). In particular, mindwandering refers to a sub-topic in the study of
attention and
consciousness, relating to times when attention may lapse, or wander. Mind-wandering experiences are defined by their lack of relation to the task in hand and are more likely to occur during driving, reading and other activities where
vigilance may be low. In these situations, people report having no memory of what happened in the surrounding environment whilst pre-occupied with their thoughts. Although mind-wandering was first discussed by
John Antrobus and Jerome Singer in the late 1960's it has more recently become a growing research topic in
cognitive psychology,
cognitive science and
cognitive neuroscience.
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