Recent theoretical, neural, and clinical advances in sustained attention research

FC Fortenbaugh, J DeGutis… - Annals of the New York …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Models of attention often distinguish among attention subtypes, with classic models
separating orienting, switching, and sustaining functions. Compared with other forms of …

Mindfulness as attention training: Meta-analyses on the links between attention performance and mindfulness interventions, long-term meditation practice, and trait …

P Verhaeghen - Mindfulness, 2021 - Springer
Objectives To examine whether mindfulness training is associated with changes in objective
attention performance. Methods Three meta-analyses were conducted:(a) a meta-analysis …

Wandering in both mind and body: individual differences in mind wandering and inattention predict fidgeting.

JSA Carriere, P Seli, D Smilek - Canadian Journal of Experimental …, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Des rapports isolés suggèrent que durant des moments d'inattention ou de rêverie, les gens
tendent davantage à présenter de l'agitation nerveuse. Dans quatre études, les auteurs ont …

Mind-wandering: Phenomenology and function as assessed with a novel experience sampling method

D Stawarczyk, S Majerus, M Maj, M Van der Linden… - Acta psychologica, 2011 - Elsevier
Mind-wandering refers to the occurrence of thoughts whose content is both decoupled from
stimuli present in the current environment and unrelated to the task being carried out at the …

Cooperation between the default mode network and the frontal–parietal network in the production of an internal train of thought

J Smallwood, K Brown, B Baird, JW Schooler - Brain research, 2012 - Elsevier
The ability to generate and sustain an internal train of thought unrelated to external reality
frees an agent from the constraints of only acting on immediate, environmentally triggered …

Psychometric evaluation of Chinese-language 44-item and 10-item big five personality inventories, including correlations with chronotype, mindfulness and mind …

R Carciofo, J Yang, N Song, F Du, K Zhang - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The 44-item and 10-item Big Five Inventory (BFI) personality scales are widely used, but
there is a lack of psychometric data for Chinese versions. Eight surveys (total N= 2,496 …

Pupillometric evidence for the decoupling of attention from perceptual input during offline thought

J Smallwood, KS Brown, C Tipper, B Giesbrecht… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Accumulating evidence suggests that the brain can efficiently process both external and
internal information. The processing of internal information is a distinct “offline” cognitive …

Everyday attention and lecture retention: the effects of time, fidgeting, and mind wandering

J Farley, EF Risko, A Kingstone - Frontiers in psychology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
We have all had our thoughts wander from the immediate task at hand. The emerging
embodied cognition literature emphasizes the role that the body plays in human thought …

Sustained attention, attentional selectivity, and attentional capacity across the lifespan

LP McAvinue, T Habekost, KA Johnson… - Attention, Perception, & …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Changes in sustained attention, attentional selectivity, and attentional capacity were
examined in a sample of 113 participants between the ages of 12 and 75. To measure …

Can nature walks with psychological tasks improve mood, self-reported restoration, and sustained attention? Results from two experimental field studies

T Pasanen, K Johnson, K Lee, K Korpela - Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The evidence for restorative effects of contact with nature is vast. Drawing from two well-
known theories in Environmental Psychology, Stress reduction theory and Attention …