@article{ref1,
title="Mind-wandering in younger and older adults: converging evidence from the sustained attention to response task and reading for comprehension",
journal="Psychology and aging",
year="2012",
author="Jackson, Jonathan D. and Balota, David A.",
volume="27",
number="1",
pages="106-119",
abstract="One mechanism that has been hypothesized to contribute to older adults' changes in cognitive performance is goal neglect or impairment in maintaining task set across time. Mind-wandering and task-unrelated thought may underlie these potential age-related changes. The present study investigated age-related changes in mind-wandering in three different versions of the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART), along with self-reported mind-wandering during a reading for comprehension task. In the SART, both younger and older adults produced similar levels of faster reaction times before No-Go errors of commission, whereas, older adults produced disproportionate post-error slowing. Subjective self-reports of mind-wandering recorded during the SART and the reading task indicated that older adults were less likely to report mind-wandering than younger adults. Discussion focuses on cognitive and motivational mechanisms that may account for older adults' relatively low levels of reported mind-wandering.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0882-7974",
doi="10.1037/a0023933",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0023933"
}