Aging Ebbs the Flow of Thought: Adult Age Differences in Mind Wandering, Executive Control, and Self-Evaluation

Two experiments examined the relations among adult aging, mind wandering, and executive-task performance, following from surprising laboratory findings that older adults report fewer task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) than do younger adults (e.g., Giambra, 1989; Jackson & Balota, 2011). Because olde...

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Main Authors: McVay, Jennifer C., Meier, Matthew E., Touron, Dayna R., Kane, Michael J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3545047/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23261422
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.11.006
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