Attention often disengages from primary tasks in favor of secondary tasks (ie, multitasking)
and task-unrelated thoughts (ie, mind wandering). We assessed whether attentional …

Increasing research efforts are focused on explaining the cognitive bases of creativity.
However, it remains unclear when and how cognitive factors such as intelligence and …

People often seem to generate creative ideas during moderately engaging activities, such
as showering or walking. One explanation of this shower effect is that creative idea …

According to the attentional resources account, mind wandering (or “task-unrelated thought”)
is thought to compete with a focal task for attentional resources. Here, we tested two key …

Despite an established body of research characterizing how creative individuals explore
their external world, relatively little is known about how such individuals navigate their inner …

As research on mind wandering has accelerated, the construct's defining features have
expanded and researchers have begun to examine different dimensions of mind wandering …

A new concept of Intuition, the Deep Unconscious is considered on the basis of the
Paradigm of limiting generalizations. The book describes a high-level sketch. The results of …

Individual differences in executive functions (or executive control abilities) predict variation
in creative thinking ability. Relatedly, propensity for mind-wandering–or task unrelated …

It is currently unresolved whether control, or its lack, over mind wandering contributes to its
associations with creativity. Mind wandering and mindfulness are seen as opposing …

ABSTRACT A wandering mind is not always a creative mind. Anecdotes about ideas
spontaneously entering awareness during walks, showers, and other off‐task activities are …