Drifting from slow to “d'oh!”: Working memory capacity and mind wandering predict extreme reaction times and executive control errors.

JC McVay, MJ Kane - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
A combined experimental, individual-differences, and thought-sampling study tested the
predictions of executive attention (eg, Engle & Kane, 2004) and coordinative binding (eg …

Conducting the train of thought: working memory capacity, goal neglect, and mind wandering in an executive-control task.

JC McVay, MJ Kane - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
On the basis of the executive-attention theory of working memory capacity (WMC; eg, MJ
Kane, ARA Conway, DZ Hambrick, & RW Engle, 2007), the authors tested the relations …

Working memory capacity as executive attention

RW Engle - Current directions in psychological science, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Performance on measures of working memory (WM) capacity predicts performance on a
wide range of real-world cognitive tasks. I review the idea that WM capacity (a) is separable …

The influence of lapses of attention on working memory capacity

N Unsworth, MK Robison - Memory & Cognition, 2016 - Springer
In three experiments, the influence of lapses of attention on working memory (WM) capacity
measures was examined. Participants performed various change detection tasks while also …

For whom the mind wanders, and when: An experience-sampling study of working memory and executive control in daily life

MJ Kane, LH Brown, JC McVay, PJ Silvia… - Psychological …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
An experience-sampling study of 124 undergraduates, pretested on complex memory-span
tasks, examined the relation between working memory capacity (WMC) and the experience …

Executive attention, working memory capacity, and a two-factor theory of cognitive control

RW Engle, MJ Kane - Psychology of learning and motivation, 2004 - books.google.com
This paper is about the nature of working memory capacity (WMC), and it will address the
nature of WMC limitations, their eVects on higher order cognitive tasks, their relationship to …

Working memory capacity and the top-down control of visual search: Exploring the boundaries of" executive attention".

MJ Kane, BJ Poole, SW Tuholski… - Journal of Experimental …, 2006 - psycnet.apa.org
The executive attention theory of working memory capacity (WMC) proposes that measures
of WMC broadly predict higher order cognitive abilities because they tap important and …

Working memory capacity and sustained attention: A cognitive-energetic perspective.

N Unsworth, MK Robison - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
A cognitive-energetic account of individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC)
and sustained attention performance is proposed suggesting that variation in the voluntary …

Trait and state differences in working memory capacity

M Ilkowska, RW Engle - Handbook of individual differences in cognition …, 2010 - Springer
Everyday, we use the limited resources of working memory (WM) across situations. For
example, we use them as we drive to work attempting to create and maintain a list of tasks …

Individual differences in working memory capacity and visual search: The roles of top-down and bottom-up processing

KV Sobel, MP Gerrie, BJ Poole, MJ Kane - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2007 - Springer
Individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC) have been implicated in a variety
of top-down, attention-control tasks: Higher WMC subjects better ignore irrelevant …