Retrospective attention: Examining temporally specific retrospective reports of mind wandering and engagement during online video lectures.

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI:10.1007/s00426-025-02133-0

Samantha Ayers-Glassey, Effie J Pereira, Jeffrey D Wammes, Daniel Smilek

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Abstract

Attention typically fluctuates on a moment-to-moment basis and often declines over time-on-task during online video lectures. We explored people's retrospective reports of specific moments of their prior states of mind wandering and engagement. Undergraduate participants reported in-the-moment levels of either mind wandering (n = 79) or engagement (n = 77) while watching two 15 min video lectures. Then, they were shown short clips from the videos as cues to retrospectively report their levels of mind wandering or engagement from their initial viewing of those specific sections. Finally, participants completed a short content quiz. We found that (a) typical time-on-task effects generally occurred for both in-the-moment and retrospective reports of mind wandering and engagement; (b) there was high temporal concordance between individuals' retrospective and in-the-moment ratings of both mind wandering and engagement; and (c) performance on the content quiz was correlated with both in-the-moment and retrospective reports of mind wandering and engagement. These findings suggest that individuals can retrospectively report their prior states of both mind wandering and engagement with temporal accuracy. These reports could be based on specific recollections of prior attentional states or inferences made from the video clips used to cue recall.

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回顾性注意力：检查在线视频讲座中暂时特定的思维走神和专注的回顾报告。

注意力通常在每时每刻的基础上波动，并且在在线视频课程中经常随着任务的时间而下降。我们研究了人们对他们之前精神漫游和投入状态的特定时刻的回顾性报告。大学生参与者在观看两个15分钟的视频讲座时，报告了他们的走神程度（n = 79）和专注程度（n = 77）。然后，研究人员给他们播放了视频中的一小段，作为线索，让他们回顾自己最初观看这些特定部分时的走神程度或参与度。最后，参与者完成了一个简短的内容测验。我们发现(a)典型的任务时间效应通常发生在即时和回顾的走神和投入报告中；(b)个体在走神和投入的回顾和即时评分之间存在高度的时间一致性；(c)在内容测试中的表现与即时和回顾报告的走神和投入都相关。这些发现表明，个体可以回顾性地报告他们之前的走神状态和参与状态，并且时间准确。这些报告可以基于对先前注意力状态的具体回忆，也可以基于对用于提示回忆的视频片段的推断。

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Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

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137

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