title: Meta-awareness and the involuntary memory spectrum: Reply to Meyer, Otgaar, and Smeets (2015).
abstract: In their commentary, Meyer, Otgaar, and Smeets (2015) raise several important issues about the definitions, characteristics and applications of various involuntary cognitive phenomena. Here we respond to the comments of Meyer et al. in ways that we hope will advance understanding of these issues, and inform future research. In particular, we have focused on the characteristics of involuntary phenomena-particularly in relation to meta-awareness-and the clinical relevance of mind-wandering.
authors.affiliation: Flinders University, School of Psychology, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, 5001 SA, Australia. Electronic address: melanie.takarangi@flinders.edu.au.
authors.forename: Melanie K T
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Takarangi
authors.affiliation: University of Victoria, Department of Psychology, P.O. Box 1700, STN CSC, Victoria, B.C. V8W 2Y2, Canada. Electronic address: slindsay@uvic.ca.
authors.forename: D Stephen
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lindsay
authors.affiliation: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, Department of Psychology, 445 West 59th St, New York, NY 10019, USA. Electronic address: dstrange@jjay.cuny.edu.
authors.forename: Deryn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Strange
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057566:Self Report / Q000592:standards*; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Involuntary cognition; Meta-awareness; Mind-wandering; Trauma