“…Franklin et al (2013) show that the presence of interesting thoughts during mind wandering increases positive Despite such helpful roles they play in our life, some researchers argue that mind wandering has an emotional cost in terms of its correlation with unhappiness and negative mood (Killingsworth & Gilbert, 2010;Mor & Winquist, 2002;Mrazek, Phillips, Franklin, Broadway & Schooler, 2013;Perkins, Arnone, Smallwood, & Mobbs, 2015;Poerio, Totterdell, & Miles, 2013;Smallwood, Fitzgerald, Miles & Phillips, 2009;Stawarczyk, Majerus, & D'Argembeau, 2013). There are also some studies which address the role of the DN in depressive disorders (e.g., Berman et al, 2011;Hahn et al, 2012;Kaiser, Andrews-Hanna, Wager & Pizzagalli, 2015;Marchetti, Koster & De Raedt, 2013;Marchetti, Koster, Sonuga-Barke, & De Raedt, 2012;McCabe & Mishor, 2011;Piguet et al, 2016;Posner et al, 2013;Simon & Engström, 2015). In the next sections, we delve deeper into the nature of such a correlation.…”