The steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) tracks “sticky” thinking, but not more general mind-wandering

• Published in: Frontiers in human neuroscience Vol. 16; p. 892863
• Main Authors: Yang, Hang, Paller, Ken A., van Vugt, Marieke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Frontiers Research Foundation 11.08.2022; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Accuracy; Attention task; EEG; Electroencephalography; Human Neuroscience; Interfaces; machine learning; mind-wandering; MVPA; Oscillations; Physiology; spontaneous thought; SSVEP; Visual evoked potentials

For a large proportion of our daily lives, spontaneously occurring thoughts tend to disengage our minds from goal-directed thinking. Previous studies showed that EEG features such as the P3 and alpha oscillations can predict mind-wandering to some extent, but only with accuracies of around 60%. A po...