External control of the stream of consciousness: Stimulus-based effects on involuntary thought sequences.
Consciousness and Cognition May 1, 2015 Christina Merrick, Melika Farnia, Tiffany K Jantz et al.
The stream of consciousness often appears whimsical and free from external control. Recent advances, however, reveal that the stream is more susceptible to external influence than previously assumed. Thoughts can be triggered by external stimuli in a manner that is involuntary, systematic, and nontrivial. Based on these advances, our experimental manipulation systematically triggered a sequence...