The contribution of latent factors of executive functioning to mind wandering: an experience sampling study.

ABSTRACT: Accumulating evidence suggests that individuals with greater executive resources spend less time mind wandering. Independent strands of research further suggest that this association depends on concentration and a guilty-dysphoric daydreaming style. However, it remains unclear whether this association is specific to particular features of executive functioning or certain operationalizations of mind wandering, including task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs, comprising external distractions and mind wandering) and stimulus-independent and task-unrelated thoughts (SITUTs, comprising mind wandering only). This study sought to clarify these associations by using confirmatory factor analysis to compute latent scores for distinct executive functions based on nine cognitive tasks and relating them to exp

SUBMITTER: Marcusson-Clavertz D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9038971 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature