For whom the mind wanders, and when, varies across laboratory and daily-life settings
Undergraduates (N= 274) participated in a weeklong daily-life experience-sampling study of
mind wandering after being assessed in the lab for executive-control abilities (working …
mind wandering after being assessed in the lab for executive-control abilities (working …
A labor/leisure tradeoff in cognitive control.
W Kool, M Botvinick - 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Daily life frequently offers a choice between activities that are profitable but mentally
demanding (cognitive labor) and activities that are undemanding but also unproductive …
demanding (cognitive labor) and activities that are undemanding but also unproductive …
Minds “at attention”: Mindfulness training curbs attentional lapses in military cohorts
We investigated the impact of mindfulness training (MT) on attentional performance lapses
associated with task-unrelated thought (ie, mind wandering). Periods of persistent and …
associated with task-unrelated thought (ie, mind wandering). Periods of persistent and …
Mind wandering and reading comprehension: examining the roles of working memory capacity, interest, motivation, and topic experience.
N Unsworth, BD McMillan - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Individual differences in mind wandering and reading comprehension were examined in the
current study. In particular, individual differences in mind wandering, working memory …
current study. In particular, individual differences in mind wandering, working memory …
Mind wandering while reading easy and difficult texts
S Feng, S D'Mello, AC Graesser - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2013 - Springer
Mind wandering is a phenomenon in which attention drifts away from the primary task to task-
unrelated thoughts. Previous studies have used self-report methods to measure the …
unrelated thoughts. Previous studies have used self-report methods to measure the …
Ode to positive constructive daydreaming
RL McMillan, SB Kaufman, JL Singer - Frontiers in psychology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Nearly 60 years ago, Jerome L. Singer launched a groundbreaking research program into
daydreaming (,,) that presaged and laid the foundation for virtually every major strand of …
daydreaming (,,) that presaged and laid the foundation for virtually every major strand of …
Testing the construct validity of competing measurement approaches to probed mind-wandering reports
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 …
present study explored the construct validity of probed mind-wandering reports (ie, reports of …
The role of attention control in complex real-world tasks
Working memory capacity is an important psychological construct, and many real-world
phenomena are strongly associated with individual differences in working memory …
phenomena are strongly associated with individual differences in working memory …
A locus coeruleus-norepinephrine account of individual differences in working memory capacity and attention control
N Unsworth, MK Robison - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2017 - Springer
Studies examining individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC) have
suggested that low WMC individuals have particular deficits in attention control processes …
suggested that low WMC individuals have particular deficits in attention control processes …
Individual differences in the executive control of attention, memory, and thought, and their associations with schizotypy.
A large correlational study took a latent-variable approach to the generality of executive
control by testing the individual-differences structure of executive-attention capabilities and …
control by testing the individual-differences structure of executive-attention capabilities and …