Drowsiness or mind-wandering? Fluctuations in ocular parameters during attentional lapses

[en] Two independent lines of evidence suggest that drowsiness and mind-wandering share common neurocognitive processes indexed by ocular parameters (e.g., eyeblink frequency and pupil dynamics). Mind-wandering and drowsiness frequently co-occur, however, such that it remains unclear whether observed oculometric variations are related to mind-wandering, drowsiness, or a mix of both. To address this issue, we assessed fluctuations in mind-wandering and sleepiness during a sustained attention task while ocular parameters were recorded. Results showed that oculometric variations during mind-wandering were fully explained by increased sleepiness. However, mind-wandering and sleepiness had additive deleterious effects on performance that were not fully explained by ocular parameters. These findings suggest that oculometric variations during task performance reflect increased drowsiness rather than processes specifically involved in mind-wandering, and that the neurocognitive processes indexed by oculometric parameters (e.g., regulatory processes of the locus coeruleus norepinephrine system) do not fully explain how mind-wandering and sleepiness cause attentional lapses.

Research Center/Unit :

PsyNCog - Psychologie et Neuroscience Cognitives - ULiège

Disciplines :

Neurosciences & behavior

Author, co-author :

Stawarczyk, David ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie

François, Clémentine

Wertz, Jérôme

D'Argembeau, Arnaud ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie

Language :

English

Title :

Drowsiness or mind-wandering? Fluctuations in ocular parameters during attentional lapses

Publication date :

2020

Journal title :

Biological Psychology

ISSN :

0301-0511

eISSN :

1873-6246

Publisher :

Elsevier, Netherlands

Volume :

156

Pages :

107950

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

European Projects :

H2020 - 798109 - CPA-EST - Mind-wandering in everyday event comprehension: Memory, attention, and the brain

Name of the research project :

Mind-wandering in everyday event comprehension: Memory, attention, and the brain

Funders :

EC - European Commission [BE]

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