Time contracts and temporal precision declines when the mind wanders.

摘要: Our perception of time varies considerably from moment to moment, but how this variability relates endogenous fluctuations in attentional states has been neglected. Here, we tested the hypothesis that perceptual decoupling during spontaneous mind wandering episodes distorts interval timing. In two studies with different visual subsecond timing paradigms, participants judged their state on a trial-by-trial basis. Mind were characterized by underestimation temporal intervals and decline discrimination. Further analyses suggested contraction wandering, not discrimination, could be attributed part lapses. By contrast, did find any robust evidence metacognition pertaining was altered states. These results highlight role transient intraindividual have implications for consequences, behavioral markers, costs benefits, wandering. (PsycINFO Database Record