Subjective experience and the attentional lapse: Task engagement and disengagement during sustained attention

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 657-690

  Smallwood, Jonathan ^a,d   Davies, John B ^b   Heim, Derek ^b   Finnigan, Frances ^a   Sudberry, Megan ^b   O'Connor, Rory ^c   Obonsawin, Marc ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action slips; Attentional lapses; Awareness; Subjective experience; Sustained attention; Task unrelated thought

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 7444254496     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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