When there is noise on Sherlock Holmes: mind wandering increases with perceptual processing difficulty during reading and listening

Abstract 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 the...

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Main Authors: Lena Steindorf, Sebastian Pink, Jan Rummel, Jonathan Smallwood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-05-01
Series:Cognitive Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-023-00483-0