Commonalities between mind wandering and task-set switching: An event-related potential study

IF 2 3区心理学 Q3 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Neuropsychologia Pub Date : 2023-07-04 DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108585

Yi-Sheng Wong , Narun Pat , Liana Machado

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Abstract

Previous research has established that mind wandering does not necessarily disrupt one's task-switching performance. Here we investigated the effects of mind wandering on electrophysiological signatures, measured using event-related potentials (ERPs), during a switching task. In the current study, a final sample of 22 young adults performed a task-switching paradigm while electroencephalography was continuously recorded; mind wandering was assessed via thought probes at the end of each block. Consistent with previous research, we found no significant disruptive effects of mind wandering on task-switching performance. The ERP results showed that at the posterior electrode sites (P3, Pz, and P4), P3 amplitude was higher for mind-wandering switch trials than on-task switch trials, thus opposing the typical pattern of P3 attenuation during periods of mind wandering relative to on-task episodes. Considering that increased P3 amplitude during higher-order switch trials (e.g., response rule switching) may reflect the implementation of new higher-order task sets/rules, the current findings seem to indicate similar executive control processes underlie mind wandering and task-set switching, providing further evidence in favor of a role for switching in mind wandering.

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走神和任务集转换的共性：一项与事件相关的潜在研究

先前的研究已经证实，走神并不一定会影响一个人的任务转换表现。在这里，我们研究了在切换任务中，使用事件相关电位（ERPs）测量的走神对电生理特征的影响。在目前的研究中，22名年轻人的最终样本在连续记录脑电图的同时进行了任务转换范式；通过在每个区块末尾的思维探针来评估走神。与之前的研究一致，我们没有发现走神对任务切换性能的显著破坏性影响。ERP结果显示，在后电极部位（P3、Pz和P4），走神切换试验的P3振幅高于任务切换试验，因此与走神期间相对于任务发作的P3衰减的典型模式相反。考虑到在高阶切换试验（例如，响应规则切换）过程中P3幅度的增加可能反映了新的高阶任务集/规则的实施，目前的研究结果似乎表明，类似的执行控制过程是精神游荡和任务集切换的基础，为支持切换在精神游荡中的作用提供了进一步的证据。

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Neuropsychologia 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

5.10

自引率

3.80%

发文量

228

审稿时长

4 months

期刊介绍： Neuropsychologia is an international interdisciplinary journal devoted to experimental and theoretical contributions that advance understanding of human cognition and behavior from a neuroscience perspective. The journal will consider for publication studies that link brain function with cognitive processes, including attention and awareness, action and motor control, executive functions and cognitive control, memory, language, and emotion and social cognition.