Mind wandering and reading comprehension: examining the roles of working memory capacity, interest, motivation, and topic experience.
@article{Unsworth2013MindWA, title={Mind wandering and reading comprehension: examining the roles of working memory capacity, interest, motivation, and topic experience.}, author={Nash Unsworth and Brittany D. McMillan}, journal={Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition}, year={2013}, volume={39 3}, pages={ 832-842 } }
Individual differences in mind wandering and reading comprehension were examined in the current study. In particular, individual differences in mind wandering, working memory capacity, interest in the current topic, motivation to do well on the task, and topic experience and their relations with reading comprehension were examined in the current study. Using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling it was found that variation in mind wandering while reading was influenced…
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