mind wandering
Mind wandering and internal distraction: task-unrelated thought during driving, daydreaming behind the wheel, self-generated thought and its costs to monitoring and hazard response, probe-caught and self-caught mind wandering measures, and attention lapses arising from within rather than from any external or device source. The internal-distraction construct, distinct from cognitive distraction by a secondary task (cognitive) and from drowsiness (a fatigue state, not engaged thought elsewhere).
119 paper(s) · ranked by relevance to this topic
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Identifying Mind-wandering behind the Wheel · 2009 · He, Jibo et al. · archived
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Detecting and Quantifying Mind Wandering during Simulated Driving · 2017 · Baldwin, Carryl L. et al. · archived
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The Mind-Wandering Phenomenon While Driving: A Systematic Review ↗ · 2025 · Voinea, Gheorghe-Daniel et al. · indexed
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The distracted mind on the wheel: Overall propensity to mind wandering is associated with road crash responsibility · 2017 · Cédric Gil‐Jardine et al. · archived
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Defining Driver Distraction · 2008 · Lee, John et al. · archived
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Mind-wandering impedes response inhibition by affecting the triggering of the inhibitory process ↗ · 2021 · Jana, Sumitash et al. · indexed
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Mind Wandering Impedes Response Inhibition by Affecting the Triggering of the Inhibitory Process ↗ · 2022 · Jana, Sumitash et al. · indexed
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Capturing Voluntary, Involuntary, and Habitual Components of Driver Distraction in a Self-Reported Questionnaire · 2015 · Marulanda, Susana et al. · archived
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Self-reported mind wandering reflects executive control and selective attention · 2022 · Hawkins, Guy E. et al. · archived
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Looking at Mind Wandering During Driving Through the Windows of PCA and t-SNE ↗ · 2018 · Alsaid, Areen et al. · indexed
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A Comprehensive Review of Driver’s Attention and the Evaluation Methods · 2021 · Abbasi, Elahe et al. · archived
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Analysis of Gaze Behavior to Measure Cognitive Distraction in Real-World Driving ↗ · 2018 · Yang, Shiyan et al. · indexed
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Memory for a Hazard is Interrupted by Performance of a Secondary In-Vehicle Task ↗ · 2014 · Borowsky, Avinoam et al. · indexed
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On the Philosophical Foundations of the Distracted Driver and Driving Distraction ↗ · 2008 · Hancock, Peter A. et al. · indexed
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Simulator Study of Involuntary Driver Distraction Under Different Perceptual Loads ↗ · 2017 · Hoekstra-Atwood, Liberty et al. · indexed
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Susceptibility to Driver Distraction Questionnaire · 2014 · Feng, Jing et al. · archived
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Negative Pathway of Wandering Minds: Serial Mediation Effect Between Mind Wandering and Internalising Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety · 2024 · Guan, Siqing et al. · archived
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On working memory and a productivity illusion in distracted driving. · 2016 · Strayer, David L. et al. · archived
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Influence of automation on mind wandering frequency in sustained attention · 2018 · Gouraud, Jonas et al. · archived
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Distracted Driving: It is not always a choice · 2016 · Hunter, Michael P. et al. · archived
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The prevalence of cognitive disengagement in automobile crashes ↗ · 2019 · Wotring, Brian et al. · indexed
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Impact of Cognitive Distractions on Drivers’ Hazard Anticipation Behavior in Complex Scenarios ↗ · 2019 · Ebadi, Yalda et al. · indexed
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When the Brain Takes a Break: A Model-Based Analysis of Mind Wandering · 2014 · Mittner, Matthias et al. · archived
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Does the intentionality of mind wandering affect the combined dimensions of temporal orientation and emotional valence? · 2023 · Guan, Siqing et al. · archived
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A Preliminary Study on the Influence of Automation over Mind Wandering Frequency in Sustained Attention ↗ · 2017 · Gouraud, Jonas et al. · indexed
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Attentional decoupling while pursuing intentions: a form of mind wandering? ↗ · 2013 · Cohen, Anna-Lisa · indexed
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Evaluating In-Car Tasks’ Distraction Effects with Drive-In Lab · 2025 · Kujala, Tuomo et al. · archived
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The role of self-regulation in the context of driver distraction: A simulator study ↗ · 2016 · Wandtner, Bernhard et al. · indexed
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Examining the association between vigilance and mind wandering · 2025 · Schwartzman, Brooke et al. · archived
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A New Protocol to Study Mind-Wandering for Air Traffic Controllers · 2023 · Servais, Anaïs et al. · archived
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What types of mind wandering are related to psychological symptoms? · 2021 · Guan, Siqing et al. · archived
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Driving Under Involuntary Distraction and Varied Perceptual Loads ↗ · 2016 · Hoekstra-Atwood, Liberty et al. · indexed
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Bad Driving Is Associated With Lower Awareness of Driving · 2019 · Sanbonmatsu, David M. et al. · archived
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Mind Wandering Influences EEG Signal in Complex Multimodal Environments · 2021 · Gouraud, Jonas et al. · archived
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Commonalities Between Mind Wandering and Task Switching: An Event-Related Potential Study ↗ · 2022 · Wong, Yi-Sheng et al. · indexed
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Experience Sampling of the Degree of Mind Wandering Distinguishes Hidden Attentional States ↗ · 2019 · Zanesco, Anthony Paul et al. · indexed
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Reconceptualizing mind wandering from a switching perspective ↗ · 2021 · Wong, Yi-Sheng et al. · indexed
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Reconceptualizing mind wandering from a switching perspective · 2022 · Wong, Yi-Sheng et al. · archived
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Is the intentionality of mind wandering associated with the combined dimensions of temporal orientation and emotional valence? · 2026 · Guan, Siqing et al. · archived
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Modeling distracted performance · 2019 · Hawkins, Guy E. et al. · archived
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Out of the Loop, in Your Bubble: Mind Wandering Is Independent From Automation Reliability, but Influences Task Engagement ↗ · 2018 · Gouraud, Jonas et al. · indexed
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Automaticity, mindfulness, and self-control as predictors of dangerous texting behavior ↗ · 2015 · Panek, Elliot et al. · indexed
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Behavioral Transportation: The Role of Psychological, Cognitive, and Social Factors in Distracted Driving Behavior ↗ · 2023 · Gabaldon, Janeth · indexed
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Modeling simple driving tasks with a one-boundary diffusion model ↗ · 2013 · Strayer, David L. · indexed
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Evaluation of Strategies for Integrated Classification of Visual-Manual and Cognitive Distractions in Driving · 2016 · Zhang, Yu et al. · archived
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Lost in thoughts: Neural markers of low alertness during mind wandering · 2011 · Braboszcz, Claire et al. · archived
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The Effects of Vehicle Automation on Driver Engagement: The Case of Adaptive Cruise Control and Mind Wandering [techbrief] · 2021 · Weaver, Starla et al. · archived
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Measuring Inhibitory Control in Driver Distraction ↗ · 2014 · Hoekstra-Atwood, Liberty et al. · indexed
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Detecting Driver Distraction · 2018 · Eskenazi, Maxine et al. · archived
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Examining the Time Orientation and Emotional Valence of Intentional and Unintentional Types of Mind Wandering · 2018 · Guan, Siqing et al. · archived
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Driver Distraction Assessment Using Driver Modeling ↗ · 2013 · Hermannstadter, Peter et al. · indexed
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Research Framework for Studying Driver Distraction on Polish City Highways · 2013 · Kelwyn A. D’Souza et al. · archived
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Development of the Driver Metacognition Questionnaire: A Scale to Measure Metacognitive Awareness While Driving ↗ · 2025 · Love, Steven et al. · indexed
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Autopilot, Mind Wandering, and the Out of the Loop Performance Problem ↗ · 2017 · Gouraud, Jonas et al. · indexed
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Self-reported Mind Wandering and Response Time Variability Differentiate Prestimulus Electroencephalogram Microstate Dynamics during a Sustained Attention Task ↗ · 2021 · Zanesco, Anthony P. et al. · indexed
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Test–Retest Reliability of the Susceptibility to Driver Distraction Questionnaire · 2015 · Marulanda, Susana et al. · archived
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Brain activity during driving with distraction: an immersive fMRI study ↗ · 2013 · Schweizer, Tom A. et al. · indexed
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Cell-phone use diminishes self-awareness of impaired driving · 2015 · Strayer, David L. · archived
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Incorporating the Theory of Planned Behaviour into Distracted Driving: Influencing Factors and Intervention Effects ↗ · 2023 · Zhang, L. et al. · indexed
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Studying in the region of proximal learning reduces mind wandering · 2016 · Xu, Judy et al. · archived
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Detection of distracted driving through the analysis of real-time driver, vehicle, and roadway volatilities · 2024 · Usman, Sheikh Muhammad et al. · archived
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Examining Distracted Drivers' Underestimation of Time and Overestimation of Speed · 2017 · Knodler, Michael A. et al. · archived
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Cell phone use diminishes self-awareness of the adverse effects of cell phone use on driving. · 2017 · Strayer, David L. · archived
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Effects of Auditory Working Memory Tasks while Switching between Autonomous and Manual Driving ↗ · 2016 · McCarty, Madeleine M. et al. · indexed
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Cell phone use diminishes self-awareness of the adverse effects of cell phone use on driving. · 2017 · Sanbonmatsu, David M. et al. · archived
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Assessing cognitive distraction using event related potentials ↗ · 2015 · Coleman, JR et al. · indexed
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Measuring cognitive distraction in the automobile · 2013 · Strayer, DL et al. · archived
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The frequency of mind wandering increases over time during ongoing task performance ↗ · 2023 · Zanesco, Anthony Paul et al. · indexed
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Electrophysiological markers of mind wandering: A systematic review ↗ · 2022 · Kam, Julia W. Y. et al. · indexed
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Cell Phone-Related Near Accidents Among Young Drivers: Associations With Mindfulness ↗ · 2015 · Terry, Christopher P. et al. · indexed
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Mental workLoad Accumulation Effect of Mobile Phone Distraction in L2 Autopilot Mode · 2022 · Zhao, Hongfei et al. · archived
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Distraction and task engagement: How interesting and boring information impact driving performance and subjective and physiological responses ↗ · 2016 · Horrey, William J. et al. · indexed
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Combined Driver Distraction and Intention Algorithm for Maneuver Prediction and Collision Avoidance ↗ · 2018 · Gillmeier, Katharina et al. · indexed
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Can EEG Measurements be Used to Estimate the Performance of Taking over Control from an Autonomous Vehicle for Different Levels of Distracted Driving? An Explorative Study ↗ · 2022 · Van Miltenburg, Maykel M.P.G. et al. · indexed
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Drivers’ self-regulatory behaviors in active and responsive scenarios ↗ · 2023 · Zhang, Yaping et al. · indexed
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Detecting driver distraction using stimuli-response EEG analysis · 2019 · Bajwa, Garima et al. · archived
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Simulator Study of Effects of Alternative Distraction Mitigation Strategies in Driver Workload Manager ↗ · 2011 · Tijerina, Louis et al. · indexed
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Attending to Body and Mind: Does Interoceptive Attention Compete with Controlled and Negative Automatic Thoughts? ↗ · 2023 · Brown, Chris Robert Harrison et al. · indexed
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I don’t feel your pain (as much): The desensitizing effect of mind wandering on the perception of others’ discomfort · 2014 · Kam, Julia W. Y. et al. · archived
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Cognitive distraction effect from non-driving related task engagement on automated vehicle occupants’ motion sickness levels ↗ · 2026 · Dam, Abhraneil et al. · indexed
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Mind-wandering in younger and older adults: Converging evidence from the sustained attention to response task and reading for comprehension. ↗ · 2011 · Jackson, Jonathan et al. · indexed
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MIND WANDERING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SUSTAINED ATTENTION AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN PRESCHOOLERS ↗ · 2024 · Ziane, Camilla et al. · indexed
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Toward a model-based cognitive neuroscience of mind wandering · 2015 · Hawkins, Guy E. et al. · archived
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Pavlovian-Based Neurofeedback Enhances Meta-Awareness of Mind Wandering ↗ · 2020 · Kawashima, Issaku et al. · indexed
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Task-unrelated thought frequency as a function of age: A laboratory study. ↗ · 1989 · Giambra, Leonard M. · indexed
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Predicting task-general mind-wandering with EEG · 2019 · Jin, Christina Yi et al. · archived
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Mind wandering and its relationship with sustained attention and executive functions in preschoolers · 2026 · Ziane, Camilla et al. · archived
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A Trial Study on Restraint of Mind-Wandering while Viewing Educational Videos by Adjusting Biofeedback Operations · 2021 · NAGAHAMA, Toru et al. · archived
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Frontal EEG theta/beta ratio during mind wandering episodes · 2018 · Van Son, Dana et al. · archived
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A time to wander: exploring associations between components of circadian functioning, mind wandering typology, and time-of-day ↗ · 2022 · Carciofo, Richard · indexed
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Why are we not flooded by involuntary thoughts about the past and future? Testing the cognitive inhibition dependency hypothesis · 2018 · Barzykowski, Krystian et al. · archived
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Quantifying streams of thought during cognitive task performance using sequence analysis ↗ · 2020 · Zanesco, Anthony Paul · indexed
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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Changes in Mind Wandering in Older Adulthood ↗ · 2023 · Welhaf, Matt et al. · indexed
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The wandering brain: Meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies of mind-wandering and related spontaneous thought processes · 2015 · Fox, Kieran C. R. et al. · archived
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Meditation and the Wandering Mind: A Theoretical Framework of Underlying Neurocognitive Mechanisms ↗ · 2021 · Brandmeyer, Tracy et al. · indexed
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Mind wandering in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Preliminary evaluation using the Mind Excessively Wandering Scale in a Japanese clinical population ↗ · 2022 · Hayashi, Wakaho et al. · indexed
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The Role of Mindfulness, Mind Wandering, Attentional Control, and Maladaptive Personality Traits in Problematic Gaming Behavior · 2023 · Chiorri, Carlo et al. · archived
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Risk Toleransı ve Para Yönetimi'ne Farklı Bir Yaklaşım: Dolaşan Zihnin Bireysel Finansman Üzerindeki Etkisi · 2020 · Elma, Orhan Emre et al. · archived
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Electroencephalography theta/beta ratio covaries with mind wandering and functional connectivity in the executive control network · 2019 · Van Son, Dana et al. · archived
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EEG synchronization signatures for decoding attentional states during continuous force control · 2025 · Zheng, Yilei et al. · archived
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Does the Attentional Focus Adopted by Swimmers Affect Their Performance? ↗ · 2011 · Stoate, Isabelle et al. · indexed
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Dynamic synergetic configurations of resting-state networks in ADHD ↗ · 2019 · Kaboodvand, Neda et al. · indexed