Kopp Kristopher, D'Mello Sidney, Mills Caitlin
Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA; Department of Computer Science, University of Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Conscious Cogn. 2015 Jul;34:52-62. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.03.003. Epub 2015 Apr 2.
The current concerns hypothesis suggests that directing attention towards unfulfilled plans of the individual prior to a task would result in more off-task thoughts (or mind wandering). In this experiment, participants were asked to read a scientific text and self-report instances of mind wandering by indicating when they were experiencing task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) or task-related interferences (TRIs). Prior to reading, participants in the individual plans experimental condition were asked to reflect upon their short-term plans by making a "to do" list while participants in a control condition were asked to make a list of the components of an automobile. In support of the current concerns hypothesis, directing attention towards the short-term plans resulted in significantly more TUTs, but not TRIs. Furthermore, participants in the individual plans condition had significantly lower scores on an assessment of reading comprehension, and this relationship was mediated by the frequency of TUTs.
当前关注假设表明，在一项任务之前将注意力导向个人未完成的计划会导致更多的任务无关思维（或走神）。在本实验中，参与者被要求阅读一篇科学文本，并通过指出他们何时正在经历与任务无关的思维（TUTs）或与任务相关的干扰（TRIs）来自我报告走神情况。在阅读之前，处于个人计划实验条件下的参与者被要求通过列一份“待办事项”清单来反思他们的短期计划，而处于控制条件下的参与者则被要求列出汽车的部件清单。为支持当前关注假设，将注意力导向短期计划会导致显著更多的TUTs，但不会导致更多的TRIs。此外，处于个人计划条件下的参与者在阅读理解评估中的得分显著更低，并且这种关系是由TUTs的频率介导的。
