The awakening of the attention: Evidence for a link between the monitoring of mind wandering and prospective goals.
| dc.contributor.author | Seli, Paul | |
| dc.contributor.author | Smilek, Daniel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ralph, Brandon CW | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schacter, Daniel L | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-01T14:28:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-01T14:28:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-03 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2018-08-01T14:28:30Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Across 2 independent samples, we examined the relation between individual differences in rates of self-caught mind wandering and individual differences in temporal monitoring of an unrelated response goal. Rates of self-caught mind wandering were assessed during a commonly used sustained-attention task, and temporal goal monitoring was indexed during a well-established prospective-memory task. The results from both samples showed a positive relation between rates of self-caught mind wandering during the sustained-attention task and rates of checking a clock to monitor the amount of time remaining before a response was required in the prospective-memory task. This relation held even when controlling for overall propensity to mind-wander (indexed by intermittent thought probes) and levels of motivation (indexed by subjective reports). These results suggest the possibility that there is a common monitoring system that monitors the contents of consciousness and the progress of ongoing goals and tasks. (PsycINFO Database Record | |
| dc.identifier | 2018-02782-001 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0096-3445 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1939-2222 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | ||
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of experimental psychology. General | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1037/xge0000385 | |
| dc.subject | Social Sciences | |
| dc.subject | Psychology, Experimental | |
| dc.subject | Psychology | |
| dc.subject | mind wandering | |
| dc.subject | prospective memory | |
| dc.subject | attention monitoring | |
| dc.subject | meta-awareness | |
| dc.subject | self-caught | |
| dc.subject | WORKING-MEMORY CAPACITY | |
| dc.subject | META-AWARENESS | |
| dc.subject | IMPLEMENTATION INTENTIONS | |
| dc.subject | ONGOING TASK | |
| dc.subject | OLDER-ADULTS | |
| dc.subject | PERFORMANCE | |
| dc.subject | THOUGHT | |
| dc.subject | EXPERIENCE | |
| dc.subject | DEMANDS | |
| dc.subject | CONSCIOUSNESS | |
| dc.title | The awakening of the attention: Evidence for a link between the monitoring of mind wandering and prospective goals. | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| pubs.begin-page | 431 | |
| pubs.end-page | 443 | |
| pubs.issue | 3 | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Psychology and Neuroscience | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published | |
| pubs.volume | 147 |