On the relation between motivation and retention in educational contexts: The role of intentional and unintentional mind wandering

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1280-1287

  Seli, Paul ^a   Wammes, Jeffrey D ^b   Risko, Evan F ^b   Smilek, Daniel ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intentional mind wandering; Lectures; Mind wandering; Motivation; Unintentional mind wandering

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947581630     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-015-0979-0     Document Type: Article

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