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Hart, Chelsie M.; Mills, Caitlin; Thiemann, Raela F.; Andrews-Hanna, Jessica R.; Tomfohr-Madsen, Lianne; Kam, Julia W. Y. – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2022
Task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) are frequent distractions from our everyday tasks, which can reduce productivity and safety during task performance. This necessitates the examination of factors that modulate TUT occurrence in daily life. One factor that has previously been implicated as a source of TUT is personally salient concerns. External…
Descriptors: News Media, COVID-19, Pandemics, Cognitive Processes
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Jun, Jihyang; Toh, Yi Ni; Sisk, Caitlin A.; Remington, Roger W.; Lee, Vanessa G. – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2021
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has considerably heightened health and financial concerns for many individuals. Similar concerns, such as those associated with poverty, impair performance on cognitive control tasks. If ongoing concerns about COVID-19 substantially increase the tendency to mind wander in tasks requiring sustained…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Attention Span, Young Adults