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Jonathan Schooler

Jonathan W. Schooler is currently professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of California in Santa Barbara, CA. His research centers on cognition, cognitive neuroscience, and perception.


Contact

jonathan.schooler@psych.ucsb.edu



OM Contributions

Bridging the Objective/Subjective Divide: Towards a Meta-Perspective of Science and Experience
Stepping Back and Adding Perspective

Publications

  • Christoff, K., Gordon, A. M., Smallwood, J., Smith, R., & Schooler, J. W. (2009). Experience sampling during fMRI reveals default network and executive system contributions to mind wandering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(21), 8719-8724.

  • Smallwood, J., & Schooler, J. W. (2006). The restless mind. Psychological bulletin, 132(6), 946-958.

  • Schooler, J. W., Ohlsson, S., & Brooks, K. (1993). Thoughts beyond words: When language overshadows insight. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 122(2), 166-183.

  • Wilson, T. D., & Schooler, J. W. (1991). Thinking too much: Introspection can reduce the quality of preferences and decisions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60(2), 181-192.

  • Schooler, J. W., & Engstler-Schooler, T. Y. (1990). Verbal overshadowing of visual memories: Some things are better left unsaid. Cognitive Psychology, 22(1), 36-71.

Online Resources