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思绪游走是一种常见的日常现象，以往的研究表明，人们可能会有策略地进行思绪游走，这表明我们对让思绪游走的时机的敏感性。在当前的研究中，我们的目标是复制策略性思维游走的证据，并解决一个新问题：哪些人更容易战略性地胡思乱想？继 Seli 等人，《心理科学》，29，1247-1256，（2018a），《实验心理学杂志》：General, 147, 431-443），参与者（N = 269）完成了一项带有周期性思维探究的思维游走时钟任务，以评估思维游走和认知（工作记忆能力[WMC]和流体智力[Gf]）及处置（特质自发和故意思维游走和前瞻性记忆能力/策略使用）个体差异测量。结果表明，策略性思维游走发生在思维游走时钟任务中，这与之前的研究结果相同。重要的是，只有 WMC 的个体差异能预测思维游走的策略调节。策略性思维游离在WMC较高的个体中更为明显，因此这些个体在时钟任务要求最高的前一刻会表现出更大的思维游离转移。这表明，那些更善于积极保持目标相关信息的人在做出思维游离的决定时更具策略性。这些发现突出表明，思维游离并不一定是控制失败，而是人们可以控制的，尤其是那些WMC高的人。
Who can strategically modulate mind wandering? A preregistered replication and extension of Seli et al. (2018).
Mind wandering is a common everyday phenomenon, and previous research has shown that people may mind wander strategically, suggesting a sensitivity to more versus less opportune times to let our minds wander. In the current study, we aimed to replicate the evidence for strategic mind wandering and address a novel question: Who are those individuals who are more apt to strategically mind wander? Following Seli et al. Psychological Science, 29, 1247-1256, (2018a), Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147, 431-443, participants (N = 269) completed a mind-wandering clock task with periodic thought probes to assess mind wandering and cognitive (working memory capacity [WMC] and fluid intelligence [Gf]) and dispositional (trait spontaneous and deliberate mind wandering and prospective memory ability/strategy use) individual differences measures. The results demonstrated that strategic mind wandering occurred in the mind wandering clock task, replicating previous work. Critically, only individual differences in WMC predicted the strategic modulation of mind wandering. Strategic mind wandering was more pronounced in individuals with higher WMC, such that these individuals showed a larger shift away from mind wandering in the moments before demands of the clock task were highest. This suggests people who are better at actively maintaining goal-relevant information are more strategic in decisions to mind wander. These findings highlight that mind wandering is not necessarily a failure of control, but something that people can control, especially those that are high in WMC.
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