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Harnessing the Wandering Mind: The Role of Perceptual Load
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Forster, Sophie; Lavie, Nilli – Cognition, 2009
Perceptual load is a key determinant of distraction by task-irrelevant stimuli (e.g., Lavie, N. (2005). "Distracted and confused?: Selective attention under load." "Trends in Cognitive Sciences," 9, 75-82). Here we establish the role of perceptual load in determining an internal form of distraction by task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs or…
Descriptors: Attention, Short Term Memory, Attention Control, Stimuli