How self-generated thought shapes mood--the relation between mind-wandering and mood depends on the socio-temporal content of thoughts.

Recent work has highlighted that the generation of thoughts unrelated to the current environment may be both a cause and a consequence of unhappiness. The current study used lag analysis to examine whether the relationship between self-generated thought and negative affect depends on the content of...

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Main Authors: Florence J M Ruby, Jonathan Smallwood, Haakon Engen, Tania Singer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24194889/?tool=EBI