Hawkins, Guy; Mittner, Matthias; Boekel, W; Heathcote, A; Forstmann, Birte U (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-03)
People often ‘‘mind wander” during everyday
tasks, temporarily losing track of time, place, or current task
goals. In laboratory-based tasks, mind wandering is often
associated with performance decrements in behavioral
variables and changes in neural recordings. Such empirical
associations provide descriptive accounts of mind
wandering – howit affects ongoing task performance – but fail
to ...