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Michael D. Mrazek
Researcher at University of California, Santa Barbara
Publications - 43
Citations - 3945
Michael D. Mrazek is an academic researcher from University of California, Santa Barbara. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mindfulness & Cognition. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 41 publications receiving 3235 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael D. Mrazek include University of California, Berkeley & University of California.
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Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While Reducing Mind Wandering
TL;DR: Cultivating mindfulness is an effective and efficient technique for improving cognitive function, with wide-reaching consequences, and improves both GRE reading-comprehension scores and working memory capacity.
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Inspired by Distraction Mind Wandering Facilitates Creative Incubation
Benjamin Baird,Jonathan Smallwood,Michael D. Mrazek,Julia W. Y. Kam,Michael S. Franklin,Jonathan W. Schooler +5 more
TL;DR: Assessing whether performance on validated creativity problems can be facilitated by engaging in either a demanding task or an undemanding task that maximizes mind wandering suggested that engaging in simple external tasks that allow the mind to wander may facilitate creative problem solving.
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Mindfulness and mind-wandering: finding convergence through opposing constructs.
TL;DR: Negative correlations between dispositional mindfulness and 4 measures of mind-wandering confirm the opposing relationship between the 2 constructs and validate the use of the MAAS as a dispositional measure of mindfulness.
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Young and restless: validation of the Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ) reveals disruptive impact of mind-wandering for youth.
Michael D. Mrazek,Dawa T. Phillips,Michael S. Franklin,James M. Broadway,Jonathan W. Schooler +4 more
TL;DR: Four studies validating a Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ) across college, high school, and middle school samples showed high internal consistency, as well as convergent validity with existing measures of mind-wandering and related constructs.
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Pupillometric evidence for the decoupling of attention from perceptual input during offline thought
Jonathan Smallwood,Kevin S. Brown,Christine M. Tipper,Barry Giesbrecht,Michael S. Franklin,Michael D. Mrazek,Jean M. Carlson,Jonathan W. Schooler +7 more
TL;DR: Measurements of pupil diameter (PD) are used to provide concrete evidence for the role of decoupling during spontaneous cognitive activity and are consistent with the decoupled hypothesis, which suggests that the capacity for spontaneous cognitive activities depends upon minimizing disruptions from the external world.