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When There Is Noise on Sherlock Holmes: Mind Wandering Increases with Perceptual Processing Difficulty during Reading and Listening
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Steindorf, Lena; Pink, Sebastian; Rummel, Jan; Smallwood, Jonathan – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2023
We investigated whether increased perceptual processing difficulty during reading or listening to a Sherlock Holmes novella impacts mind wandering as well as text comprehension. We presented 175 participants with a novella in either a visual or an auditory presentation format and probed their thoughts and motivational states from time to time…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level