Topic · Mind wandering and attention
Most cited papers in Mind wandering and attention
What are the most cited papers in Mind wandering and attention?
The most cited paper in Mind wandering and attention is "Half a century of research on the Stroop effect: An integrative review." (Colin M. MacLeod, 1991), with 5,570 citations. Next come "The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) and its correlates" (2,972) and "Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation" (2,945).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 571 citations is listed.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half a century of research on the Stroop effect: An integrative review. Colin M. MacLeod · Psychological Bulletin | 1991 | 5,570 |
| 2 | The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) and its correlates D. Ε. Broadbent, P. F. Cooper, Peter L. Fitzgerald et al. · British Journal of Clinical Psychology | Feb 1982 | 2,972 |
| 3 | Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation Richard J. Davidson, Jon Kabat‐Zinn, Jessica R. Malmstadt Schumacher et al. · Psychosomatic Medicine | Jul 2003 | 2,945 |
| 4 | Wandering Minds: The Default Network and Stimulus-Independent Thought Malia F. Mason, Michael I. Norton, John D. Van Horn et al. · Science | 18 Jan 2007 | 2,857 |
| 5 | A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind Matthew A. Killingsworth, Daniel T. Gilbert · Science | 11 Nov 2010 | 2,570 |
| 6 | Les passions de l'âme: On obsessive and harmonious passion. Robert J. Vallerand, Céline M. Blanchard, Geneviève A. Mageau et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2003 | 2,546 |
| 7 | Ironic processes of mental control. Daniel M. Wegner · Psychological Review | 1994 | 2,543 |
| 8 | A conceptual and methodological critique of internet addiction research: Towards a model of compensatory internet use Daniel Kardefelt‐Winther · Computers in Human Behavior | 24 Nov 2013 | 2,452 |
| 9 | Constructive and unconstructive repetitive thought. Edward R. Watkins · Psychological Bulletin | 25 Feb 2008 | 2,429 |
| 10 | Anxiety and Performance: The Processing Efficiency Theory Michael W. Eysenck, Manuel Gutiérrez Calvo · Cognition & Emotion | Nov 1992 | 2,427 |
| 11 | Affect and Creativity at Work Teresa M. Amabile, Sigal G. Barsade, Jennifer Mueller et al. · Administrative Science Quarterly | Sep 2005 | 2,203 |
| 12 | The restless mind. Jonathan Smallwood, Jonathan W. Schooler · Psychological Bulletin | 30 Oct 2006 | 2,121 |
| 13 | Exposure and affect: Overview and meta-analysis of research, 1968–1987. Robert F. Bornstein · Psychological Bulletin | Sep 1989 | 1,917 |
| 14 | Experience sampling during fMRI reveals default network and executive system contributions to mind wandering Kalina Christoff, Alan M. Gordon, Jonathan Smallwood et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 11 May 2009 | 1,858 |
| 15 | The dynamic componential model of creativity and innovation in organizations: Making progress, making meaning Teresa M. Amabile, Michael G. Pratt · Research in Organizational Behavior | 2016 | 1,831 |
| 16 | Cognitive control in media multitaskers Eyal Ophir, Clifford Nass, Anthony D. Wagner · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 24 Aug 2009 | 1,804 |
| 17 | The Science of Mind Wandering: Empirically Navigating the Stream of Consciousness Jonathan Smallwood, Jonathan W. Schooler · Annual Review of Psychology | 7 Oct 2014 | 1,781 |
| 18 | A meta-analysis of 25 years of mood-creativity research: Hedonic tone, activation, or regulatory focus? Matthijs Baas, Carsten K. W. De Dreu, Bernard A. Nijstad · Psychological Bulletin | 27 Oct 2008 | 1,695 |
| 19 | Top-down versus bottom-up attentional control: a failed theoretical dichotomy Edward Awh, Artem V. Belopolsky, Jan Theeuwes · Trends in Cognitive Sciences | 12 Jul 2012 | 1,639 |
| 20 | The Concept of Flow Jeanne Nakamura, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi | 2014 | 1,607 |
| 21 | Mindfulness training modifies subsystems of attention Amishi P. Jha, Jason W. Krompinger, Michael J. Baime · Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience | Jun 2007 | 1,600 |
| 22 | Anxiety Disorders and Phobias: A Cognitive Perspective James T. Dietch · Psychosomatics | Feb 1986 | 1,533 |
| 23 | Control and interference in task switching—A review. Andrea Kiesel, Marco Steinhauser, Mike Wendt et al. · Psychological Bulletin | 2010 | 1,524 |
| 24 | Creativity Beth A. Hennessey, Teresa M. Amabile · Annual Review of Psychology | 3 Dec 2009 | 1,453 |
| 25 | Mind-wandering as spontaneous thought: a dynamic framework Kalina Christoff, Zachary C. Irving, Kieran C. R. Fox et al. · Nature reviews. Neuroscience | 22 Sep 2016 | 1,453 |
| 26 | Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity Judson A. Brewer, Patrick D. Worhunsky, Jeremy R. Gray et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 23 Nov 2011 | 1,441 |
| 27 | Work engagement and financial returns: A diary study on the role of job and personal resources Despoina Xanthopoulou, Arnold B. Bakker, Evangelia Demerouti et al. · Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology | 19 Feb 2008 | 1,303 |
| 28 | Thought contents and cognitive functioning in motivational versus volitional states of mind Heinz Heckhausen, Peter M. Gollwitzer · Motivation and Emotion | Jun 1987 | 1,298 |
| 29 | The Intensity of Motivation Jack W. Brehm, Elizabeth A. Self · Annual Review of Psychology | 1989 | 1,282 |
| 30 | Student engagement in high school classrooms from the perspective of flow theory. David J. Shernoff, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Barbara Shneider et al. · School Psychology Quarterly | 2003 | 1,239 |
| 31 | Emotion Dysregulation in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Philip Shaw, Argyris K. Stringaris, Joel T. Nigg et al. · American Journal of Psychiatry | 31 Jan 2014 | 1,238 |
| 32 | A laboratory task for induction of mood states Emmett Velten · Behaviour Research and Therapy | Nov 1968 | 1,212 |
| 33 | Boredom in achievement settings: Exploring control–value antecedents and performance outcomes of a neglected emotion. Reinhard H. Pekrun, Thomas Goetz, Lia M. Daniels et al. · Journal of Educational Psychology | Aug 2010 | 1,209 |
| 34 | The Brain’s Default Network and Its Adaptive Role in Internal Mentation Jessica R. Andrews‐Hanna · The Neuroscientist | 15 Jun 2011 | 1,166 |
| 35 | Creative Cognition and Brain Network Dynamics Roger E. Beaty, Mathias Benedek, Paul Joseph Silvia et al. · Trends in Cognitive Sciences | 6 Nov 2015 | 1,106 |
| 36 | Trail Making Test, Part B as a Measure of Executive Control: Validation Using a Set-Switching Paradigm Katherine D. Arbuthnott, Janis Frank · Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology | Aug 2000 | 1,101 |
| 37 | Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While Reducing Mind Wandering Michael D. Mrazek, Michael S. Franklin, Dawa T. Phillips et al. · Psychological Science | 28 Mar 2013 | 1,082 |
| 38 | Dynamics of affective states during complex learning Sidney K. D’Mello, Art C. Graesser · Learning and Instruction | 31 Oct 2011 | 1,070 |
| 39 | Functional and dysfunctional impulsivity: Personality and cognitive correlates. Scott J. Dickman · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1990 | 1,063 |
| 40 | Positive affect increases the breadth of attentional selection Gillian Rowe, Jacob B. Hirsh, Adam Keith Anderson · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 20 Dec 2006 | 1,058 |
| 41 | The dual pathway to creativity model: Creative ideation as a function of flexibility and persistence Bernard A. Nijstad, Carsten K. W. De Dreu, Eric F. Rietzschel et al. · European Review of Social Psychology | Mar 2010 | 1,049 |
| 42 | Hedonic tone and activation level in the mood-creativity link: Toward a dual pathway to creativity model. Carsten K. W. De Dreu, Matthijs Baas, Bernard A. Nijstad · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 29 Apr 2008 | 1,047 |
| 43 | Contemplating Mindfulness at Work Darren Jason Good, Christopher James Lyddy, Theresa M. Glomb et al. · Journal of Management | 19 Nov 2015 | 1,042 |
| 44 | The role of default network deactivation in cognition and disease Alan Anticevic, Michael W. Cole, John D. Murray et al. · Trends in Cognitive Sciences | 8 Nov 2012 | 1,033 |
| 45 | For Whom the Mind Wanders, and When Michael J. Kane, Leslie H. Brown, Jennifer C. McVay et al. · Psychological Science | Jul 2007 | 1,007 |
| 46 | Boredom Proneness--The Development and Correlates of a New Scale Richard F. Farmer, Norman D. Sundberg · Journal of Personality Assessment | Mar 1986 | 1,003 |
| 47 | The curvilinear relation between experienced creative time pressure and creativity: Moderating effects of openness to experience and support for creativity. Markus Baer, Greg R. Oldham · Journal of Applied Psychology | 2006 | 989 |
| 48 | Inspired by Distraction Benjamin Baird, Jonathan Smallwood, Michael D. Mrazek et al. · Psychological Science | 31 Aug 2012 | 974 |
| 49 | Integration of the cognitive and the psychodynamic unconscious. Seymour J. Epstein · American Psychologist | 1994 | 965 |
| 50 | Meta-awareness, perceptual decoupling and the wandering mind Jonathan W. Schooler, Jonathan Smallwood, Kalina Christoff et al. · Trends in Cognitive Sciences | Jun 2011 | 955 |
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