Mind-wandering and dysphoria

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Meta-awareness, perceptual decoupling and the wandering mind. (2011, unknown): “Given that mind wandering is so common (e.g. [12]) the question arises as to whether it offers some functional value [70] that compensates for its disruptions to ongoing tasks [71] and its association with low mood (e.g. [12,72,73]).”
Threatened to distraction Mind-wandering as a consequence of stereotype threat (2011, background): “Researchers have suggested that mind-wandering may play a key role in educational settings as a variable accounting for performance differences between students, particularly those suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder (Smallwood et al., 2007).”
Going AWOL in the Brain: Mind Wandering Reduces Cortical Analysis of External Events (2008, background): “Although a main effect of scalp region again indicated an expected overall difference in P300 amplitude across regions [F(4, 84) = 9.10, p = .0001], there was no significant interaction between self-report and scalp region [F(8, 168) = 0.94, p = .4857].”
Constructive and Unconstructive Repetitive Thought (2008, background): “D Mind wandering (task unrelated thought during probes) positively correlated with depression Smallwood et al. (2007) 37 u/g’s split into high vs. low dysphoric, thought probes during word encoding vs. word shadowing followed by word fragment completion recognition task CES–”