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When the Mind “Flies”: the Effects of Mind-Wandering on Driving
Bencich, Erica
Gamboz, Nadia
Coluccia, Emanuele
Brandimonte, Maria A.
2014
Abstract
Mind wandering (MW) refers to a shift of attention away
from a primary task toward internal information, such as
memories, future thoughts, or fantasies. Several lines of
research showed that MW has a costly influence on many
cognitive processes, such as reading comprehension,
sustained attention and working memory. The aim of the
present study was to assess whether MW impairs, like
secondary-task distraction, driver’s performance. Results
showed that MW is indeed pervasive during daily driving, as
indicated by the participants’ answers to an ad-hoc
questionnaire assessing the source of inattentiveness during
daily driving; furthermore, MW states detected during
simulated driving were found to affect driving performance.
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Erica Bencich, Nadia Gamboz, Emanuele Coluccia, Maria A. Brandimonte, "When the Mind “Flies”: the Effects of Mind-Wandering on Driving" in: Paolo Bernardis, Carlo Fantoni, Walter Gerbino (eds.) "TSPC2014. Proceedings of the Trieste Symposium on Perception and Cognition, November 27-28", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2014, pp. 91-93.
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