TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Conducting the train of thought: working memory capacity, goal neglect, and mind wandering in an executive-control task
JO  - Journal of experimental psychology: learning, memory, and cognition
A1  - McVay, Jennifer C.
A1  - Kane, Michael J.
SP  - 196
EP  - 204
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
N2  - On the basis of the executive-attention theory of working memory capacity (WMC; e.g., M. J. Kane, A. R. A. Conway, D. Z. Hambrick, & R. W. Engle, 2007), the authors tested the relations among WMC, mind wandering, and goal neglect in a sustained attention to response task (SART; a go/no-go task). In 3 SART versions, making conceptual versus perceptual processing demands, subjects periodically indicated their thought content when probed following rare no-go targets. SART processing demands did not affect mind-wandering rates, but mind-wandering rates varied with WMC and predicted goal-neglect errors in the task; furthermore, mind-wandering rates partially mediated the WMC-SART relation, indicating that WMC-related differences in goal neglect were due, in part, to variation in the control of conscious thought.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0278-7393
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0014104
ID  - ref1
ER  -