Lynden K Miles

Visual perspective and the characteristics of mind wandering.

Frontiers in Psychology 2013 Brittany M Christian, Lynden K Miles, Carolyn Parkinson et al.

When the mind wanders away from the here-and-now toward imaginary events, it typically does so from one of two visual vantage points-a first-person perspective (i.e., the world is seen as it is in everyday life) or a third-person perspective (i.e., the world is seen from the viewpoint of an outside observer). While extant evidence has detailed consequences that ensue from the utilization of...