Mind-Wandering or Task-Unrelated Thought Reports May Be a Response to Performance Not a Cause of Performance: Using Forced Errors to Impact Thought Content Reports
3.60T1 sourceHuman Factors (SAGE / HFES)
Source record
Published by Human Factors (SAGE / HFES) (T1 source). The original is at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00187208251410809?af=R.
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SummaryPeer-reviewed Human Factors study showing that post-task self-reports of mind-wandering shift when forced errors are introduced, suggesting retrospective thought-content reports may reflect perceived performance rather than causally explain it.
Why it mattersA methodological finding with direct bearing on how we interpret attention and distraction self-reports in knowledge work and workflow research.
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