Selected Publications

2020

Mrazek, A. J., Mrazek, M. D., Carr, P., Delegard, A., Ding, M., Garcia, D., et al. (2020). The Feasibility of Attention Training for Reducing Mind-Wandering and Digital Multitasking in High Schools. Education Sciences.
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Mrazek et al., (2020) Feasibility, Mind-Wandering, and Multitasking.pdf399.36 KB
Mrazek, A. J., Mrazek, M. D., Maul, A., Mrazek, K. L., & Schooler, J. W. (2020). Taking charge: Characterizing the rapid development of self-regulation through intensive training. Journal Of Health Psychology.
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Mrazek et al. (2020) Taking Charge .pdf868.25 KB
Mrazek, A. J., Mrazek, M. D., Calcagnotto, L. A., Cloughesy, J. N., Holman, A. M., Masters-Waage, T. C., & Schooler, J. W. (2020). Familiarity, Attitudes, and Self-Regulatory Challenges Related to Mindfulness. Mindfulness.
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Mrazek et al. (2020) Familiarity Attitudes and Self-Reg.pdf300.6 KB

2019

Laukkonen, R., Leggett, J., Gallagher, R., Biddell, H., Mrazek, A. J., Slagter, H., & Mrazek, M. D. (2019). The Science of Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Learning: A Review for Educators. Organisation For Economic Cooperation & Development.
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Laukkonen et al. (2019) The science of mindfulness-based interventions and learning.pdf451.73 KB
Mrazek, A. J., Mrazek, M. D., Reese, J., Kirk, A., Gougis, L., Delegard, A., et al. (2019). Mindfulness-Based Attention Training: Feasibility and Preliminary Outcomes of a Digital Course for High School Students. Education Sciences, 9.
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Mrazek et al. (2019) Attention training for high schools462.8 KB
Mrazek, A. J., & Mrazek, M. D. (2019). Educating teens in the era of stress and distraction. Uc Santa Barbara, 10. (Original work published 06/2019AD)
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Educating Teens in the Era of Stress & Distraction.pdf119.38 KB
Caballero, C., Scherer, E., West, M., Mrazek, M. D., Gabrieli, C., & Gabrieli, J. (2019). Greater mindfulness is associated with better academic achievement in middle school. Mind, Brain, And Education.
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Caballero et al. (2019) Greater mindfulness is associated with academic achievement in middle school337.56 KB
Mrazek, A. J., Mrazek, M. D., Cherolini, C. M., Cloughesy, J. N., Gougis, L. J., Landry, A. P., et al. (2019). The future of mindfulness training is digital, and the future is now. Current Opinion In Psychology.
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Mrazek et al. (2019) The Future of Mindfulness Training Is Digital, and The Future is Now212.34 KB

2018

Mrazek, A. J., Ihm, E. D., Molden, D. C., Mrazek, M. D., Zedelius, C. M., & Schooler, J. W. (2018). Expanding minds: Growth mindsets of self-regulation and the influences on effort and perseverance. Journal Of Experimental Social Psychology, 79, 16.
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Mrazek et al. (2018) Expanding Minds834.96 KB

2017

Mrazek, M. D., Zedelius, C., Gross, M., Mrazek, A. J., Phillips, D. T., & Schooler, J. W. (2017). Mindfulness in education: Enhancing academic achievement and student well-being by reducing mind-wandering. Mindfulness In Social Psychology.
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Mrazek et al. (2017) Mindfulness in Education_1.pdf175.88 KB
Mooneyham, B. W., Mrazek, M. D., Mrazek, A. J., Mrazek, K. L., Ihm, E. D., & Schooler, J. W. (2017). An integrated assessment of changes in brain structure and function of the insula resulting from an intensive mindfulness-based intervention. Journal Of Cognitive Enhancement, 1-10.
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Mooneyham, Mrazek, et al. (2017) Mindfulness based training leads to structural and functional changes in insula.pdf1.24 MB
Franklin, M. S., Mrazek, M. D., Anderson, C. L., Johnston, C., Smallwood, J., Kingstone, A., & Schooler, J. W. (2017). Tracking distraction: the relationship between mind-wandering, meta-awareness, and ADHD symptomatology. Journal Of Attention Disorders, 21, 475-486.
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Franklin et al. (2014) Tracking distraction376.75 KB
Mooneyham, B. W., Mrazek, M. D., Mrazek, A. J., Mrazek, K. L., Phillips, D. T., & Schooler, J. W. (2017). States of mind: Characterizing the neural bases of focus and mind-wandering through dynamic functional connectivity. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience.
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Mooneyham, Mrazek, et al. (2016) States of mind.pdf574.52 KB

2016

Mrazek, M. D., Mooneyham, B. W., Mrazek, K. L., & Schooler, J. W. (2016). Pushing the limits: Cognitive, affective, and neural plasticity revealed by an intensive multifaceted intervention. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience, 10.
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Mrazek et al. (2016) Pushing the limits929.25 KB
Mooneyham, B. W., Mrazek, M. D., Mrazek, A. J., & Schooler, J. W. (2016). Signal or noise: brain network interactions underlying the experience and training of mindfulness. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, 1369, 240-256.
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Mooneyham, Mrazek, et al. (2016) Signal or noise194.71 KB

2015

Schooler, J. W., Mrazek, M. D., Baird, B., & Winkielman, P. (2015). Minding the mind: The value of distinguishing among unconscious, conscious, and metaconscious processes. Apa Handbook Of Personality And Social Psychology, 1, 179-202.
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Schooler et al. (2015) Minding the mind.pdf139.34 KB

2014

Baird, B., Mrazek, M. D., Phillips, D. T., & Schooler, J. W. (2014). Domain-specific enhancement of metacognitive ability following meditation training. Journal Of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1972.
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Baird, Mrazek, et al.. (2014) Domain-specific enhancement of metacognitive ability following meditation training.pdf116.2 KB
Mrazek, M. D., Broadway, J. M., Phillips, D. T., Franklin, M. S., Mooneyham, B. W., & Schooler, J. W. (2014). Mindfulness: An antidote for wandering minds. The Wiley Blackwell Handbook Of Mindfulness, 153-167.
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Mrazek et al. (2014) Mindfulness - An antidote for wandering minds117.48 KB
Schooler, J. W., Mrazek, M. D., Franklin, M. S., Baird, B., Mooneyham, B. W., Zedelius, C., & Broadway, J. M. (2014). The middle way: Finding the balance between mindfulness and mind-wandering. The Psychology Of Learning And Motivation, 60, 1-33.
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Schooler et al. - The Middle Way952.94 KB
Mrazek, M. D., Mooneyham, B. W., & Schooler, J. W. (2014). Insights from quiet minds: the converging fields of mindfulness and mind-wandering. Springer International Publishing.

2013

Mrazek, M. D., Phillips, D. T., Franklin, M. S., Broadway, J. M., & Schooler, J. W. (2013). Young and restless: validation of the Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ) reveals disruptive impact of mind-wandering for youth. Frontiers In Psychology, 4.
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Mrazek et al. (2013) Young & restless - validation of mind-wandering questionnaire1.18 MB
Mrazek, M. D., Franklin, M. S., Phillips, D. T., Baird, B., & Schooler, J. W. (2013). Mindfulness training improves working memory capacity and GRE performance while reducing mind wandering. Psychological Science, 24, 776-781.
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Mrazek et al. (2013) Mindfulness Improves WMC, GRE, Focus.pdf448.51 KB

2012

Baird, B., Smallwood, J., Mrazek, M. D., Kam, J. W. Y., Franklin, M. S., & Schooler, J. W. (2012). Inspired by distraction: mind wandering facilitates creative incubation. Psychological Science, 23, 1117-1122.
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Baird et al. (2012) Inspired by distraction751.62 KB
Mrazek, M. D., Smallwood, J., Franklin, M. S., Chin, J. M., Baird, B., & Schooler, J. W. (2012). The role of mind-wandering in measurements of general aptitude. Journal Of Experimental Psychology: General, 141, 788.
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Mrazek et al. (2012) Role of mind-wandering in measures of general aptitude310.86 KB
Mrazek, M. D., Smallwood, J., & Schooler, J. W. (2012). Mindfulness and mind-wandering: finding convergence through opposing constructs. Emotion, 12, 442.
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Mrazek et al. (2012) Finding convergence - mindulness and mind-wandering210.02 KB

2011

Mrazek, M. D., Chin, J. M., Schmader, T., Hartson, K. A., Smallwood, J., & Schooler, J. W. (2011). Threatened to distraction: Mind-wandering as a consequence of stereotype threat. Journal Of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 1243-1248.
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Mrazek et al. (2011) Threatened to distraction473.75 KB
Smallwood, J., Mrazek, M. D., & Schooler, J. W. (2011). Medicine for the wandering mind: mind wandering in medical practice. Medical Education, 45, 1072-1080.
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Smallwood et al. (2011) Medicine for the wandering mind176.59 KB