Video lectures are increasingly prevalent, but they present challenges to learners. Students'
minds often wander, yet we know little about how mind wandering affects attention during …

The purpose of this study was to detect mind-wandering experienced by pre-service
teachers during a video learning lecture on physics. The lecture was videotaped and …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 147 (4) of Journal
of Experimental Psychology: General (see record 2018-17847-010). In the article, the …

Understanding the factors underlying variation in attentional state is critical in a number of
domains. Here, we investigate the relation between time on task and mind wandering (ie, a …

In recent years, cognitive and educational psychologists have become interested in applying
principles of cognitive psychology to education. Here, we discuss the importance of …

Mind wandering (MW) reflects a shift in attention from task-related to task-unrelated
thoughts. It is negatively related to performance across a range of tasks, suggesting the …

Mind wandering is a topic of great interest in many areas, but as with all psychological
constructs, the interpretation of experimental results might depend on the way it is …

We have all had our thoughts wander from the immediate task at hand. The emerging
embodied cognition literature emphasizes the role that the body plays in human thought …

Mind wandering—a mental phenomenon characterized by the spontaneous shift of attention
away from external stimulation toward self-generated thought—has been consistently shown …

Attention is key to effective learning, but mind wandering, a phenomenon in which attention
shifts from task-related processing to task-unrelated thoughts, is pervasive across learning …