Investigating racing thoughts via ocular temporal windows: deficits in the control of automatic perceptual processes.
Patrik PolgáriLuisa WeinerJean-Baptiste CausinGilles BertschyAnne GierschPublished in: Psychological medicine (2021)
Our results indicate that in subjects with racing thoughts automatic perceptual processes escape cognitive control mechanisms. Racing thoughts may involve not only conscious thought mechanisms but also more automatic processes.