The Structure and Function of Mind-Wandering in Chinese Regulated Verse

Author:

Tsai Chen-Gia12ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Graduate Institute of Musicology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan

2. Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan

Abstract

The aesthetics of poetry is intricately intertwined with the cognitive process of mind-wandering, where attention shifts from the current task and spontaneous thoughts emerge. While mind-wandering has been extensively studied in psychology and neuroscience, its potential relationship to poetry remains underexplored. This study investigates the experience of mind-wandering associated with traditional Chinese regulated verse (律詩), which effectively enables the exploration of inner emotions and perceptions within its concise form. Typically, the first couplet of a regulated verse poem describes how mind-wandering is triggered by a place or event rich in semantic information. The second and third couplets use parallelism to create two distinct mental spaces, with the primary goal of encouraging the mind to wander between them. By meditating on parallel words in these two couplets, readers can reflect upon their essence through creative thinking and sensory imagery. Finally, the fourth couplet serves as a metacognitive endpoint, revealing the self’s position in the universe by evaluating the content of mind-wandering. This study demonstrates how the structure of regulated verse artfully represents the poet’s experience of mind-wandering, providing readers with the opportunity to re-experience this process with spontaneous and controlled cognitive activity.

Funder

National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Multidisciplinary

Reference51 articles.

1. Creative cognition and brain network dynamics;Beaty;Trends in Cognitive Sciences,2016

2. Bernstein, Charles (1987). Artifice of Absorption, Singing Horse Press.

3. The ontological consciousness in the lyric tradition: An interpretation of “Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion” from the perspective of theoretical “performance”;Chang;Chung-Wai Literary,1992

4. The resting state questionnaire: An introspective questionnaire for evaluation of inner experience during the conscious resting state;Delamillieure;Brain Research Bulletin,2010

5. Spontaneous thought and early Chinese ideas of ‘non-action’ and ‘emotion’;Eifring;Asian Philosophy,2019

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3