Drifting from slow to "D'oh!": working memory capacity and mind wandering predict extreme reaction times and executive control errors.

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory and Cognition

• Publication date

  2012-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/a0025896PMID 22004270PMCID PMC3395723
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