Recent research suggests that sleepiness and mind-wandering—the experience of thoughts
that are both stimulus-independent and task-unrelated—frequently co-occur and are both …

Mind wandering (MW) reports often rely on individuals responding to specific external
thought probes. Researchers have used this probe-caught method almost exclusively, due …

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 …

Periods of persistent and intensive demands may compromise working memory (WM) and
increase susceptibility to distraction. We investigated if mindfulness training (MT) may …

Event-based prospective memory (PM) tasks require participants to substitute an atypical
PM response for an ongoing task response when presented with PM targets. Responses to …

Individual differences in executive control ability reliably show that those with greater
executive control report fewer instances of mind wandering during moderately demanding …

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been proposed to be able to modulate
different cognitive functions. However, recent meta‐analyses conclude that its efficacy is still …

Cognitive load from secondary tasks is a source of distraction causing injuries and fatalities
on the roadway. The Detection Response Task (DRT) is an international standard for …

Prospective memory (PM) is the cognitive ability to remember to fulfill intended action plans
at the appropriate future moment. Current theories assume that PM fulfillment draws on …

The stability of cognitive control processes over time can be indexed by trial-to-trial
variability in reaction time (RT). Greater RT variability has been interpreted as an indicator of …