Understanding Involuntary Thought and Affect Through Big Data and AI

Special collection of APA’s Technology, Mind, & Behavior includes articles published by the journal in 2025. This special collection explores involuntary thought through AI and Big Data.

Caitlin Mills (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States), Anne Cleary (Colorado State University, United States), and Nigel Bosch (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States)

• Understanding Involuntary Thought and Affect Through Big Data and AI
  Volume 6, Issue 4
  Pages 292–293
  Caitlin Mills, Anne M. Cleary, Nigel Bosch
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000172

• Brain-Based Predictive Modeling of Mind Wandering and Involuntary Thought: The Idiographic Approach
  Volume 6, Issue 1
  Pages 66–83
  Lotus Shareef-Trudeau, David Lydon-Staley, John Medaglia, Aaron Kucyi
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000155
• Investigating the Impact of Linguistic Features of Text on Readers’ Phenomenological Experiences
  Volume 6, Issue 1
  Pages 84–101
  Püren Öncel, Shelby L. Smith, Laura K. Allen, Caitlin Mills
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000156
• Involuntary Thoughts in Older Versus Younger Adults: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Investigating Déjà Vu, Involuntary Autobiographical Memories, and Unexpected Thoughts
  Volume 6, Issue 2
  Pages 198–211
  Christopher Steadman, Videep Venkatesha, Cati Poulos, Anne M. Cleary, Nathaniel Blanchard, Caitlin Mills
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000150
• Facial Insights: An Exploration of Similarity in Spontaneous Facial Behaviors During Pandemic Lockdown
  Volume 6, Issue 2
  Pages 212–224
  Feng-Chun Ben Chou, Yu-Chieh Chloe Chen, Yen-Si Ashlee Kuo, Po-Yuan Alan Hsiao, Chiang Rose Lin, Yi-Wen Yvonne Huang, Wei-Ling Peng, Hsuan-Jung Pan, Pin-Hao Andy Chen
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000166
• Tracking the Dynamics of the Stream of Thought Reveals Its Function
  Volume 6, Issue 4
  Pages 380–393
  Faustine Corbani, Judith N. Mildner, Dani S. Bassett, Diana I. Tamir
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000171