ArticleCreativity research journal2023
Intentionality of Self-Generated Thought: Contributions of Mind Wandering to Creativity.
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- The Relative Accuracy of Different Methods for Measuring Mind Wandering Subtypes: A Systematic Review.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Relationship Between Affective Valence of Mind Wandering and Mood: The Role of Resting-State Functional Connectivity.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Is the intentionality of mind wandering associated with the combined dimensions of temporal orientation and emotional valence?BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Editorial: Advances in vigilance research: exploring novel theoretical models and analytical approaches on the analysis of the vigilance decrement.Frontiers in cognition · 2026Article
- Mind wandering during creative incubation predicts increases in creative performance in a writing task.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Role of Mind Wandering During Incubation in Divergent and Convergent Creative Thinking.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Infraslow dynamic patterns in human cortical networks track a spectrum of external to internal attention.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Relationships between Self-Talk, Inner Speech, Mind Wandering, Mindfulness, Self-Concept Clarity, and Self-Regulation in University Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Neural Correlates of Narcissism: Is There a Connection with Desire for Fame and Celebrity Worship?Brain sciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
Studies suggest that internally oriented cognitive processes are central to creativity. Here, we distinguish between intentional and unintentional forms of mind wandering and explore their behavioral and neural correlates. We used a sample of 155 healthy adults from the mind-brain-body dataset, all of whom completed resting-state fMRI scans and trait-level measures of mind wandering. We analyzed intentional and unintentional mind wandering tendencies using self-report measures. Next, we explored the relationship between mind wandering tendencies and creativity, as measured by a divergent thinking task. Finally, we describe patterns of resting-state network connectivity associated with mind wandering, using graph theory analysis. At the behavioral level, results showed a significant positive association between creativity and both intentional and unintentional mind wandering. Neuroimaging analysis revealed higher weighted degree connectivity associated with both forms of mind wandering, implicating core regions of the default network and the left temporal pole. We observed topological connectivity differences within the default network: intentional mind wandering was associated with degree connectivity in posterior regions, whereas unintentional mind wandering showed greater involvement of prefrontal areas. Overall, the findings highlight patterns of resting-state network connectivity associated with intentional and unintentional mind wandering, and provide novel evidence of a link between mind wandering and creativity.
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