@misc{10481/95596,
year = {2016},
month = {2},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/95596},
abstract = {Mind-wandering is the occasional distraction we experience while performing a cognitive
task. It arises without any external precedent, varies over time, and interferes with the processing
of sensory information. Here, we asked whether the transition from the on-task
state to mind-wandering is a gradual process or an abrupt event.We developed a new
experimental approach, based on the continuous, online assessment of individual psychophysical
performance. Probe questions were asked whenever response times (RTs)
exceeded 2 standard deviations from the participant’s average RT. Results showed that
mind-wandering reports were generally preceded by slower RTs, as compared to trials preceding
on-task reports. Mind-wandering episodes could be reliably predicted from the
response time difference between the last and the second-to-last trials. Thus, mindwandering
reports follow an abrupt increase in behavioral variability, lasting between 2.5
and 10 seconds.},
organization = {Doctoral
fellowship from the National Commission for Scientific
and Technological Research - CONICYT 72120217,
Chile},
organization = {Ramón y Cajal fellowship from the Spanish Ministry
of Education and Science, RYC-2011-09320},
organization = {Research projects PSI2011-22416 and PSI2014-58681-P},
organization = {Program
“Investissements d’Avenir” ANR-10-IAIHU-06},
publisher = {Plos One},
title = {Fluctuating Minds: Spontaneous Psychophysical Variability during Mind-Wandering},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0147174},
author = {Henríquez, Rodrigo A. and Chica Martínez, Ana Belén and Billeke, Pablo and Bartolomeo, Paolo},
}