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Thoughts and sensations, twin galaxies of the inner space: The propensity to mind-wander relates to spontaneous sensations arising on the hands
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Materia
Spontaneous sensations
Mind-wandering
Body awareness
Self-awareness
Consciousness
Clasificación UNESCO
61 Psicología
Fecha de publicación
2017
Editor
Elsevier
Resumen
[EN]Sensations and thoughts have been described as potencially related to self-awareness. We therefore asked whether sensations that arise in the absence of external triggers, i.e., spontaneous sensations (SPS), which were shown to relate to interoception and perception of the self, vary as a function of the individual propensity to generate spontaneous thoughts, i.e., mind-wandering. The Mind Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ) was used as a specific tool to assess the frequency and propensity to mind-wander several weeks before completing an SPS task. Correlational analyses between th MWQ score and SPS showed that greater propensity to mind-wander coincided with more spatially restricted perception of SPS. The results are interpreted in light of role of spontaneous thoughts and sensations in self-awareness. The potential psychological processes and the way they might regulate the relation between mind-wandering and the perception of SPS are discussed.
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1053-8100
DOI
10.1016/j.concog.2017.08.007
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