Cognitively driven pupil modulations reflect certain underlying brain functions. What do
these reflections tell us? Here, we review findings that have identified key roles for three …

Pupils respond to three distinct kinds of stimuli: they constrict in response to brightness (the
pupil light response), constrict in response to near fixation (the pupil near response), and …

With the explosion of digital media and technologies, scholars, educators and the public
have become increasingly vocal about the role that an 'attention economy'has in our lives …

Reaction time is believed to be a good indicator of the speed and efficiency of mental
processes and is a ubiquitous variable in the behavioral sciences. Despite this popularity …

Cognitive tasks that produce reliable and robust effects at the group level often fail to yield
reliable and valid individual differences. An ongoing debate among attention researchers is …

Highlights•Numerous neurocognitive factors contribute to sustained attention.•Attention
fluctuates alongside shifting arousal, effort, and resource allocation.•An information …

What is your brain doing while your mind is wandering? This study used a within-subjects
experience-sampling design to test whether episodes of mind-wandering during a …

Psychology faces a measurement crisis, and mind-wandering research is not immune. The
present study explored the construct validity of probed mind-wandering reports (ie, reports of …

Studies examining individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC) have
suggested that low WMC individuals have particular deficits in attention control processes …

Our ability to sustain attention for prolonged periods of time is limited. Studies on the
relationship between lapses of attention and psychophysiological markers of attentional …