Mind wandering at encoding, but not at retrieval, disrupts one-shot stimulus-control learning.

ABSTRACT: The one-shot pairing of a stimulus with a specific cognitive control process, such as task switching, can bind the two together in memory. The episodic control-binding hypothesis posits that the formation of temporary stimulus-control bindings, which are held in event-files supported by episodic memory, can guide the contextually appropriate application of cognitive control. Across two experiments, we sought to examine the role of task-focused attention in the encoding and implementation of stimulus-control bindings in episodic event-files. In Experiment 1, we obtained self-reports of mind wandering during encoding and implementation of stimulus-control bindings. Results indicated that, whereas mind wandering during the implementation of stimulus-control bindings does not decrease their ef

SUBMITTER: Whitehead PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8318327 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature