Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, United Kingdom.
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, United Kingdom.
Conscious Cogn. 2019 Jul;72:1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2019.04.007. Epub 2019 May 3.
We tested the hypothesis that mindwandering and external distraction are both manifestations of a common state of reduced attention focus, and examined how both relate to reported level of happiness. We conducted real-time sampling of people's experience of mindwandering, irrelevant distraction (e.g. by music, phone, etc.), and happiness levels, in two studies with 524 people undertaking common daily-life activities. All irrelevant external distractions were positively correlated with mindwandering. Indeed mindwandering duration could be predicted from the reported duration of external distraction, when controlling for a range of background variables. An exploratory factor analysis of mindwandering and distraction reports suggested a single underlying construct. In addition, duration of irrelevant distraction by both mobile phones and mindwandering was significantly associated with reduced reported levels of happiness. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that that a state of reduced attention focus underlies both mindwandering and distractibility and clarify the link with happiness.
我们检验了这样一个假设，即走神和外部分心都是注意力集中程度降低的共同表现，并研究了它们与报告的幸福感水平之间的关系。我们在两项研究中对 524 人进行了实时抽样，以了解他们的走神、无关分心（例如音乐、手机等）和幸福感水平。所有无关的外部分心都与走神呈正相关。实际上，当控制一系列背景变量时，从报告的外部分心持续时间可以预测走神的持续时间。对走神和分心报告的探索性因素分析表明存在一个单一的潜在结构。此外，手机和走神引起的无关分心的持续时间与报告的幸福感降低显著相关。研究结果与注意力集中程度降低是走神和分心的共同基础的假设一致，并阐明了与幸福感的关系。
