Carriere Jonathan S A, Seli Paul, Smilek Daniel
Department of Psychology.
Can J Exp Psychol. 2013 Mar;67(1):19-31. doi: 10.1037/a0031438.
Anecdotal reports suggest that during periods of inattention or mind wandering, people tend to experience increased fidgeting. In four studies, we examined whether individual differences in the tendency to be inattentive and to mind wander in everyday life are related to the tendency to make spontaneous and involuntary movements (i.e., to fidget). To do so, we developed self-report measures of spontaneous and deliberate mind wandering, as well as a self-report scale to index fidgeting. In addition, we used several existing self-report measures of inattentiveness, attentional control, and memory failures. Across our studies, a series of multiple regression analyses indicated that fidgeting was uniquely predicted by inattentiveness and spontaneous mind wandering but not by other related factors, including deliberate mind wandering, attentional control, and memory failures. As a result, we suggest that only spontaneously wandering thoughts are related to a wandering body.
轶事报告表明，在注意力不集中或走神期间，人们往往会出现更多坐立不安的行为。在四项研究中，我们考察了日常生活中注意力不集中和走神倾向的个体差异是否与自发和非自主运动（即坐立不安）的倾向有关。为此，我们开发了关于自发和刻意走神的自我报告测量方法，以及一个用于衡量坐立不安的自我报告量表。此外，我们还使用了现有的几种关于注意力不集中、注意力控制和记忆失误的自我报告测量方法。在我们的各项研究中，一系列多元回归分析表明，坐立不安是由注意力不集中和自发走神唯一预测的，而不是由其他相关因素预测的，包括刻意走神、注意力控制和记忆失误。因此，我们认为只有自发的走神思维才与身体的晃动有关。
