Mind wandering and the adaptive control of attentional resources

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 952-960

  Kam, Julia W Y ^a   Dao, Elizabeth ^a   Stanciulescu, Maria ^a   Tildesley, Hamish ^b   Handy, Todd C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIND WANDERING; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84876958686     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00375     Document Type: Article

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