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

Many aspects of attention decline with aging. There is a current debate on how aging also
affects sustained attention. In this study, we contribute to this debate by meta-analytically …

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 …

Mindfulness meditation might improve a variety of cognitive processes, but the available
evidence remains fragmented. This preregistered meta-analysis (PROSPERO …

Neural substrates of “mind wandering” have been widely reported, yet experiments have
varied in their contexts and their definitions of this psychological phenomenon, limiting …

Complacency, or sub-optimal monitoring of automation performance, has been cited as a
contributing factor in numerous major transportation and medical incidents. Researchers are …

A hallmark of adaptation in humans and other animals is our ability to control how we think
and behave across different settings. Research has characterized the various forms …

Background Evidence has suggested that exercise protects against cognitive decline in
aging, but the recent lockdown measures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have …

Novel paradigms have allowed for more precise measurements of sustained attention ability
and fluctuations in sustained attention over time, as well as the neural basis of fluctuations …

Highlights•Multiple distributed neural networks support selective sustained
attention.•Selective sustained attention is a developmental foundation for executive …