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Meta-awareness and the involuntary memory spectrum: Reply to Meyer, Otgaar, and Smeets (2015)
Melanie K T Takarangi1, D Stephen Lindsay2, Deryn Strange3
1Flinders University, School of Psychology, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, 5001 SA, Australia.
Consciousness and Cognition
|April 4, 2015
Abstract:
In their commentary, Meyer, Otgaar, and Smeets (2015) raise several important issues about the definitions, characteristics and applications of various involuntary cognitive phenomena. Here we respond to the comments of Meyer et al. in ways that we hope will advance understanding of these issues, and inform future research. In particular, we have focused on the characteristics of involuntary phenomena-particularly in relation to meta-awareness-and the clinical relevance of mind-wandering.