Conscious experience is fluid; it rarely remains on one topic for an extended period without
deviation. Its dynamic nature is illustrated by the experience of mind wandering, in which …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 140 (2) of
Psychological Bulletin (see record 2014-06337-001). The citation for Dougherty et al.(2009) …

Individual differences researchers very commonly report Pearson correlations between their
variables of interest. Cohen (1988) provided guidelines for the purposes of interpreting the …

This article studies the global variation in economic preferences. For this purpose, we
present the Global Preference Survey (GPS), an experimentally validated survey data set of …

Psychological sciences have identified a wealth of cognitive processes and behavioral
phenomena, yet struggle to produce cumulative knowledge. Progress is hamstrung by …

How to assess critical aspects of cognitive functioning that are not measured by IQ tests:
rational thinking skills. Why are we surprised when smart people act foolishly? Smart people …

It has long been assumed that people treat cognitive effort as costly, but also that such effort
costs may vary greatly across individuals. Individual differences in subjective effort could …

Psychologists and economists have examined the effect of cognitive load in a variety of
situations from risk taking to snack choice. We review previous experiments that have …

Adult age differences in a variety of cognitive abilities are well documented, and many of
those abilities have been found to be related to success in the workplace and in everyday …

This paper explores the interface between personality psychology and economics. We
examine the predictive power of personality and the stability of personality traits over the life …