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

We 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 performin...

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Autores principales:	Víctor Martínez-Pérez, Damián Baños, Almudena Andreu, Miriam Tortajada, Lucía B Palmero, Guillermo Campoy, Luis J Fuentes
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:891469b8f18e462592158749a609ea3e2021-12-02T20:16:48ZPropensity to intentional and unintentional mind-wandering differs in arousal and executive vigilance tasks.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0258734https://doaj.org/article/891469b8f18e462592158749a609ea3e2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258734https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203We 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.Víctor Martínez-PérezDamián BañosAlmudena AndreuMiriam TortajadaLucía B PalmeroGuillermo CampoyLuis J FuentesPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0258734 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Víctor Martínez-Pérez Damián Baños Almudena Andreu Miriam Tortajada Lucía B Palmero Guillermo Campoy Luis J Fuentes Propensity to intentional and unintentional mind-wandering differs in arousal and executive vigilance tasks.
description	We 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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author	Víctor Martínez-Pérez Damián Baños Almudena Andreu Miriam Tortajada Lucía B Palmero Guillermo Campoy Luis J Fuentes
author_facet	Víctor Martínez-Pérez Damián Baños Almudena Andreu Miriam Tortajada Lucía B Palmero Guillermo Campoy Luis J Fuentes
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title	Propensity to intentional and unintentional mind-wandering differs in arousal and executive vigilance tasks.
title_short	Propensity to intentional and unintentional mind-wandering differs in arousal and executive vigilance tasks.
title_full	Propensity to intentional and unintentional mind-wandering differs in arousal and executive vigilance tasks.
title_fullStr	Propensity to intentional and unintentional mind-wandering differs in arousal and executive vigilance tasks.
title_full_unstemmed	Propensity to intentional and unintentional mind-wandering differs in arousal and executive vigilance tasks.
title_sort	propensity to intentional and unintentional mind-wandering differs in arousal and executive vigilance tasks.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/891469b8f18e462592158749a609ea3e
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Propensity to intentional and unintentional mind-wandering differs in arousal and executive vigilance tasks.

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