{"pk":26109,"title":"Blink durations reflect mind wandering during reading","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Mind wandering is a prevalent but highly subjective phenomenon\nthat is difficult to measure. Typically studies use probes at\nrandom points throughout at study that pop in and ask participants\n“Are you mind wandering” where they indicate yes or no, and\nthen resume the study. This study investigated a method of\nextracting eye blinks from raw eye tracking data while\nparticipants were reading texts that varied in degree of\nengagingness on a similar topic. Blink durations were found to\nincrease for less engaging texts. We hypothesize that eye blink\ndurations may increase with mind wandering and discuss\nimplications for mind wandering research.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"mind wandering"},{"word":"Reading"},{"word":"eye tracking"},{"word":"Consciousness"}],"section":"Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4vw7t6v4","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Stephanie","middle_name":"","last_name":"Huette","name_suffix":"","institution":"The University of Memphis","department":""},{"first_name":"Ariel","middle_name":"","last_name":"Mathis","name_suffix":"","institution":"The University of Memphis","department":""},{"first_name":"Art","middle_name":"","last_name":"Graesser","name_suffix":"","institution":"The University of Memphis","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2016-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/26109/galley/15745/download/"}]}