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dc.creatorKudesia, RS
dc.creatorBaer, M
dc.creatorElfenbein, HA
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-29T21:49:09Z
dc.date.available2021-01-29T21:49:09Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-14
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/5211
dc.identifier.other25974164 (pubmed)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/5229
dc.description.abstract© 2015 Kudesia et al. When faced with a problem, how do individuals search for potential solutions? In this article, we explore the cognitive processes that lead to local search (i.e., identifying options closest to existing solutions) and distant search (i.e., identifying options of a qualitatively different nature than existing solutions). We suggest that mind wandering is likely to lead to local search because it operates by spreading activation from initial ideas to closely associated ideas. This reduces the likelihood of accessing a qualitatively different solution. However, instead of getting lost in thought, individuals can also step back and monitor their thoughts from a detached perspective. Such mindful metacognition, we suggest, is likely to lead to distant search because it redistributes activation away from initial ideas to other, less strongly associated, ideas. This hypothesis was confirmed across two studies. Thus, getting lost in thoughts is helpful when one is on the right track and needs only a local search whereas stepping back from thoughts is helpful when one needs distant search to produce a change in perspective.
dc.format.extente0126865-e0126865
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.haspartPLoS ONE
dc.relation.isreferencedbyPublic Library of Science (PLoS)
dc.rightsCC BY
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAnalysis of Variance
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMetacognition
dc.subjectResearch Design
dc.subjectStudents
dc.subjectThinking
dc.subjectYoung Adult
dc.titleA wandering mind does not stray far from home: The value of metacognition in distant search
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.genreJournal Article
dc.relation.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0126865
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dc.creator.orcidKudesia, Ravi S.|0000-0003-0561-8857
dc.date.updated2021-01-29T21:49:06Z
refterms.dateFOA2021-01-29T21:49:10Z


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