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. 2013 Nov 29;4:900. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00900

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Copyright © 2013 Andrews-Hanna, Kaiser, Turner, Reineberg, Godinez, Dimidjian and Banich.

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Phenomenological characteristics of self-generated thought. Individual data points represent each participant’s mean across 36 self-generated thoughts. Open circles represent outliers > 2.5 SD above or below the group mean (vertical bar) which are not included in calculations. The scale for temporal orientation corresponds to: 1 = more than 3 years ago, 2 = within the past 3 years, 3 = within the past 365 days (a year’s time), 4 = within the past 30 days (a month’s time), 5 = within the past 7 days (a week’s time), 6 = yesterday, 7 = earlier today, 8 = later today, 9 = tomorrow, 10 = within the next 7 days (a week’s time), 11 = within the next 30 days (a month’s time), 12 = within the next 365 days (a year’s time), 13 = within the next 3 years, 14 = more than 3 years from now.