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Everyday attention lapses and memory failures: The affective consequences of mindlessness
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We examined the affective consequences of everyday attention lapses and memory failures. Significant associations were found between self-report measures of attention lapses (MAAS-LO), attention-related cognitive errors (ARCES), and memory failures (MFS), on the one hand, and boredom (BPS) and depression (BDI-II), on the other. Regression analyses confirmed previous findings that the ARCES partially mediates the relation between the MAAS-LO and MFS. Further regression analyses also indicated that the association between the ARCES and BPS was entirely accounted for by the MAAS-LO and MFS, as was that between the ARCES and BDI-II. Structural modeling revealed the associations to be optimally explained by the MAAS-LO and MFS influencing the BPS and BDI-II, contrary to current conceptions of attention and memory problems as consequences of affective dysfunction. A lack of conscious awareness of one's actions, signaled by the propensity to experience brief lapses of attention and related memory failures, is thus seen as having significant consequences in terms of long-term affective well-being.
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“The Attention Related Cognitive Errors Scale (ARCES; Carrière et al., 2008) measures the frequency of attention-related errors in daily life due to absentmindedness/MW.”
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“The relevance of mindfulness in mood reactivity to EF lapses is suggested by a cross-sectional study that found that the association between the tendency to experience cognitive failures (a concept similar to EF lapses) and depression symptoms was explained in part by dispositional mindfulness (Carriere, Cheyne,& Smilek, 2008).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Carriere, J. S. A., Cheyne, J. A., & Smilek, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Carriere, Jonathan S.A.
- Venue
- Consciousness and Cognition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-09
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 835-847
- ISSN
- 1053-8100 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2065054341
- Cited by
- 319
- References
- 49
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- FWCI
- 2.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Consciousness and Cognition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- attentional lapses, memory failure, mindlessness, boredom, depression, affective consequences, cognitive errors, conscious awareness, emotional well-being, mediation
- MeSH terms
- Attention, Cognition Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Major, Major Depressive Disorder, Humans, Memory Disorders, Surveys and Questionnaires
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