Wandering Minds and Wavering Rhythms: Linking Mind Wandering and Behavioral Variability.
Mind wandering is a pervasive feature of human cognition often associated with the withdrawal of task-related executive control processes. Here, we explore the possibility that, in tasks requiring executive control to sustain consistent responding, moments of mind wandering could be associated with...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception & Performance Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6 |
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American Psychological Association
Feb2013
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