SCHEDULE.
8:30 - 9:00
Registration
9:00 - 9:30​
Kalina Christoff :: Mind wandering is a dynamic concept: The insufficiency of content-based approaches
9:30 - 10:00
Paul Seli :: What does (and should) "mind wandering" mean?
10:00 - 10:30
Discussion
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:30
Jonathan Smallwood :: Searching for the elements of thought: a component process account of the mind wandering state
KEYNOTE
11:30 - 12:00
Nathan Spreng :: Self-generated thought and the external world: A necessary interaction
12:00 - 12:30
Discussion
Lunch*
1:15 - 1:45
Jonathan Schooler :: The neural and creative consequences of mind wandering
*Please note lunch is on your own.
1:45 - 2:15
Todd Handy :: Mind wandering and mental mobility
​2:15 - 2:45
Julia Kam :: Neural mechanisms underlying internally-directed attention
​2:45 - 3:15
Discussion
Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:00
Jessica Andrews-Hanna :: Where's my mind? Content, consequences, and correlates of daily thinking patterns
4:00 - 4:30
Dan Smilek :: Some surprising findings about mind wandering and inattention during undergraduate lectures
4:30 - 5:00
Discussion