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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Ment Health. 2023 Nov 2;1(11):827–840. doi: 10.1038/s44220-023-00133-w

Figure 1: Number of publications on spontaneous thought and mental health over the last two decades.

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PubMed search query for Spontaneous Thought: (“spontaneous thought” OR “mind wandering” OR “task-unrelated thought” OR “stimulus-independent thought” OR “freely moving thought” OR “self-generated thought”). PubMed search query for Mental Health: (“mental health” OR “positive affect” OR “negative affect” OR “emotion” OR “mood” OR “sadness” OR “happiness” OR “distress” OR “emotional state” OR “depression” OR “anxiety” OR “ADHD” OR “schizophrenia”).