Window to the wandering mind: Pupillometry of spontaneous thought while reading

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2289-2294

  Franklin, Michael S ^a   Broadway, James M ^a   Mrazek, Michael D ^a   Smallwood, Jonathan ^b   Schooler, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Mind wandering; Pupil dilation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; READING; THINKING; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; READING; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890790673     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2013.858170     Document Type: Article

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