In recent years, the number of studies examining mind wandering has increased considerably, and research on the topic has spread widely across various domains of psychological research. Athough the term mind wandering has been used to refer to various cognitive states, researchers typically operationalize mind wandering in terms of task-unrelated thought (TUT). Research on TUT has shed light on the various task features that require people's attention and on the consequences of task inattention. Important methodological and conceptual complications do persist, however, in current investigations of TUT. We argue that these complications may be dampening the development of a more nuanced scientific account of TUT. In this article, we outline three of the more prominent methodological and conceptual complications in the literature on TUT and discuss potential directions for researchers to take as they move forward in their investigations of TUT.

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任务中有什么？研究与任务无关的思维游荡品种的复杂性。

近年来，研究心理游荡的研究数量已大大增加，并且关于该主题的研究已广泛分布于心理学研究的各个领域。尽管术语“心理游荡”已被用来指代各种认知状态，但研究人员通常根据与任务无关的思维（TUT）来进行心理游荡。对TUT的研究揭示了需要人们关注的各种任务功能以及任务不注意的后果。但是，在当前的TUT研究中，重要的方法和概念上的复杂性的确存在。我们认为，这些并发症可能会阻碍对TUT更为细致入微的科学解释的发展。在这篇文章中，