Department of Psychology, University of Oregon.
J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2013 May;39(3):832-842. doi: 10.1037/a0029669. Epub 2012 Aug 20.
Individual differences in mind wandering and reading comprehension were examined in the current study. In particular, individual differences in mind wandering, working memory capacity, interest in the current topic, motivation to do well on the task, and topic experience and their relations with reading comprehension were examined in the current study. Using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling it was found that variation in mind wandering while reading was influenced by working memory capacity, topic interest, and motivation. Furthermore, these same factors, along with topic experience, influenced individual differences in reading comprehension. Importantly, several factors had direct effects on reading comprehension (and mind wandering), while the relation between reading comprehension (and mind wandering) and other factors occurred via indirect effects. These results suggest that both domain-general and domain-specific factors contribute to mind wandering while reading and to reading comprehension.
当前的研究考察了思维漫游和阅读理解的个体差异。具体而言，当前的研究考察了思维漫游、工作记忆容量、对当前主题的兴趣、完成任务的动力以及主题经验及其与阅读理解的关系。通过验证性因素分析和结构方程建模，发现阅读时思维漫游的变化受到工作记忆容量、主题兴趣和动机的影响。此外，这些相同的因素以及主题经验影响了阅读理解的个体差异。重要的是，有几个因素对阅读理解（和思维漫游）有直接影响，而阅读理解（和思维漫游）与其他因素之间的关系则通过间接影响发生。这些结果表明，领域一般性和领域特定性因素都有助于阅读时的思维漫游和阅读理解。
