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Decoding the phenomenology of spontaneous thought using large language-model ratings on verbal retrospective free reports

2026-04-26

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<h4> A bstract </h4> Spontaneous thoughts constitute most of everyday inner experience, yet long-standing methodological challenges obscure a thorough exploration of their content and neurophysiological underpinnings. Traditional approaches relying on thought probes impose strict constraints on phenomenological reports, whereas online verbal reports disrupt the natural flow of experience while interfering neura...

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Literature Corpus work: 81d719fd-6742-509f-bd8d-823e92e97172
DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.22.720079

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