Mind-Wandering as a Natural Kind: A Family-Resemblances View

• Published in: Trends in cognitive sciences Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 479 - 490
• Main Authors: Seli, Paul, Kane, Michael J., Smallwood, Jonathan, Schacter, Daniel L., Maillet, David, Schooler, Jonathan W., Smilek, Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Attention; definition; family resemblances; heterogeneous; Humans; mind-wandering; Models, Psychological; Thinking; varieties; mind-wandering; definition; varieties; family resemblances; heterogeneous

As empirical research on mind-wandering accelerates, we draw attention to an emerging trend in how mind-wandering is conceptualized. Previously articulated definitions of mind-wandering differ from each other in important ways, yet they also maintain overlapping characteristics. This conceptual stru...