CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Speed Bump, Counterfactual Conditional, Motor Imagery
24 Mar 2017
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The capacity to have perception-like experiences in the absence of relevant external stimuli. Sensory imagination depends on internal inputs to sensory systems. Thinking about things unrelated to your current task. People mind wander about 47% of the time. (killingsworth and gilbert 2010) Even pilots mind wander when they are idle (using heavily automated pilot machinery) (casner and schooler 2014) Some evidence that mind wandering is related to working memory. Tasks that place a burden on working memory consistently lead to decreases in mind wandering. Levinson et al. (2012): mind wandering is correlated with greater working memory capacity. When daydreaming is excessive to the point that leads to adverse effects in daily life. Leads to loss of time and neglect of basic daily functions. Might be triggered by trauma or abuse. Displays involuntary nature of some mind wandering activity. Motor imagery recruits many of the same brain areas as actually executing an action (grodd 1999; miller et al.
