Back to the future: Autobiographical planning and the functionality of mind-wandering

► Planning for personal future goals as a possible function of mind-wandering. ► Mind-wandering is predominately future focused. ► Individuals with high working memory capacity are more likely to mind-wander about the future. ► Mind-wandering frequently involves future autobiographical planning. ► Mind-wandering enables cognitive operations that are likely to be useful to the individual.