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- Mind wandering negatively impacts cognition, emotion, and daily performance; however, limited research has been conducted specifically on individuals with schizophrenia.
- In a study involving 58 schizophrenia patients and 56 healthy controls, it was found that patients reported significantly less mind wandering than the controls (1.4% vs. 5.8%).
- There was no correlation between the frequency of mind wandering and psychotic symptoms among schizophrenia patients, suggesting a need for further research in various stages of the disorder to better understand mind wandering's role.
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Mind wandering has consistently been associated with impairments in cognition, emotion and daily performance. However, few experimental studies on mind wandering have been conducted in individuals with schizophrenia. The present study aimed to examine mind wandering in schizophrenia patients with a thought-sampling experiment embedded in a rapid go/no-go task and the relationship between the frequency of mind wandering and psychotic symptoms. Fifty-eight schizophrenia patients and 56 matched healthy controls were recruited and engaged in a task that assessed mind wandering. The results showed that schizophrenia patients (1.4%) reported less frequent mind wandering than healthy controls (5.8%). Moreover, there was no significant correlation between the frequency of mind wandering and psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia patients. Further studies in different stages of schizophrenia and in patients with more severe psychotic symptoms are needed to demonstrate a more comprehensive picture of mind wandering in schizophrenia.
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