Everyday attention lapses and memory failures: The affective consequences of mindlessness
@article{Carriere2008EverydayAL, title={Everyday attention lapses and memory failures: The affective consequences of mindlessness}, author={Jonathan S. A. Carriere and J. Cheyne and D. Smilek}, journal={Consciousness and Cognition}, year={2008}, volume={17}, pages={835-847} }
We examined the affective consequences of everyday attention lapses and memory failures. Significant associations were found between self-report measures of attention lapses (MAAS-LO), attention-related cognitive errors (ARCES), and memory failures (MFS), on the one hand, and boredom (BPS) and depression (BDI-II), on the other. Regression analyses confirmed previous findings that the ARCES partially mediates the relation between the MAAS-LO and MFS. Further regression analyses also indicated… CONTINUE READING
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