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Propensity to intentional and unintentional mind-wandering differs in arousal and executive vigilance tasks.

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dc.contributor.authorBaños, Damián
dc.contributor.authorAndreu, Almudena
dc.contributor.authorTortajada, Miriam
dc.contributor.authorPalmero, Lucía B.
dc.contributor.authorCampoy, Guillermo
dc.contributor.authorFuentes Melero, Luis José
dc.contributor.authorMartínez Pérez, Víctor
dc.contributor.departmentPsicología Básica y Metodología
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-22T12:20:25Z
dc.date.available2025-01-22T12:20:25Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-19
dc.description© 2021 Martínez-Pérez et al. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This document is the Published Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in PLoS ONE. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258734
dc.description.abstractWe typically observe a decrement in vigilance with time-on-task, which favors the propensity for mind-wandering, i.e., the shifting of attention from the task at hand to task-unrelated thoughts. Here, we examined participants’ mind-wandering, either intentional or unintentional, while performing vigilance tasks that tap different components of vigilance. Intentional mind-wandering is expected mainly when the arousal component is involved, whereas unintentional mind-wandering is expected mainly in tasks involving the executive component. The Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT) assessed the arousal component, whereas the Sustained Attention to Response task (SART) assessed the executive component of vigilance. The two types of mind-wandering were probed throughout task execution. The results showed that the overall rate of mind-wandering was higher in the PVT than in the SART. Intentional mind-wandering was higher with the PVT than with the SART, whereas unintentional mind-wandering was higher with the SART than with the PVT. Regarding mind-wandering as a function of vigilance decrement with time-on-task, unintentional mind-wandering in the PVT increased between blocks 1 and 2 and then stabilized, whereas a progressive increase was observed in the SART. Regarding intentional mind-wandering, a progressive increase was only observed in the SART. The differential patterns of intentional and unintentional mind-wandering in both tasks suggest that, intentional mind wandering occurs mainly in arousal tasks in which propensity to mind-wander has little impact on task performance. However, unintentional mind-wandering occurs mainly in executive tasks as a result of a failure of cognitive control, which promotes attentional resources to be diverted toward mind-wandering. These results are discussed in the context of the resource-control model of mind-wandering.
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dc.identifier.citationPlos One, 2021, Vol. 16, Issue 10 : e0258734
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258734
dc.identifier.issnElectronic: 1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/149070
dc.languageenges
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.relationThis study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness, and the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (project PSI2017-84556-P, FEDER funds), and by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (predoctoral grants: FPU17/00427, FPU18/00288, FPU19/06017).es
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dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258734
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dc.titlePropensity to intentional and unintentional mind-wandering differs in arousal and executive vigilance tasks.es
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