期刊
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
卷 76, 期 7, 页码 1264-1271出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa031
关键词
Aging; Mind wandering; Motivation; Older and young adults; Task unrelated thought
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council [06459, 06749]
- National Institute on Aging [R01 AG08441]
The age-related differences in mind-wandering can be partially explained by differences in motivation, and motivating young adults through incentives can diminish these differences across age groups.
Objectives: A common finding in the mind-wandering literature is that older adults (OAs) tend to mind-wander less frequently than young adults (YAs). Here, we sought to determine whether this age-related difference in mind-wandering is attributable to age-related differences in motivation. Method: YAs and OAs completed an attention task during which they responded to thought probes that assessed rates of mind-wandering, and they provided self-reports of task-based motivation before and after completion of the attention task. Results: Age-related differences in mind-wandering are partially explained by differences in motivation, and motivating YAs via incentive diminishes mind-wandering differences across these groups. Discussion: We consider these results in the context of theories on age-related differences in mind wandering, with a specific focus on their relevance to the recently proposed motivational account of such age-related differences.
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