Effects of task context on EEG correlates of mind-wandering
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Published:2023-11-29
Issue:1
Volume:24
Page:72-86
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ISSN:1530-7026
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Container-title:Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci
Author:
Compton Rebecca J.ORCID, Shudrenko Danylo, Mann Katelyn, Turdukulov Emil, Ng Erin, Miller Lucas
Abstract
AbstractThis study was designed to examine how mind-wandering and its neural correlates vary across tasks with different attentional demands, motivated by the context regulation hypothesis of mind-wandering. Participants (n = 59 undergraduates) completed the sustained attention to response task (SART) and the Stroop selective attention task in counterbalanced order while EEG was recorded. The tasks included experience-sampling probes to identify self-reported episodes of mind-wandering, along with retrospective reports. Participants reported more mind-wandering during the SART than the Stroop and during whichever task was presented second during the session, compared with first. Replicating previous findings, EEG data (n = 37 usable participants) indicated increased alpha oscillations during episodes of mind-wandering, compared with on-task episodes, for both the SART and Stroop tasks. ERP data, focused on the P2 component reflecting perceptual processing, found that mind-wandering was associated with increased P2 amplitudes during the Stroop task, counter to predictions from the perceptual decoupling theory. Overall, the study found that self-report and neural correlates of mind-wandering are sensitive to task context. This line of research can further the understanding of how mechanisms of mind-wandering are adapted to varied tasks and situations.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Behavioral Neuroscience,Cognitive Neuroscience
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