Listen up, kids! How mind wandering affects immediate and delayed memory in children

This study is the first to demonstrate the impact of mind wandering on delayed memory retention in children. Results suggest that exploring mind wandering in the foundational years of schooling could provide the necessary empirical foundation for the development of practical interventions geared toward detecting and refocusing lapses of attention in educational contexts.PMID:38151674 | DOI:10.3758/s13421-023-01509-0
Source: Memory and Cognition - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Source Type: research