Lecture 7

Question 1

Gross bodily movements

Johnstone and percival (1976)

Answer 1

• someone tallied everytime a student shiften in his seat
• overtime people keep shifting and moving

Question 2

Blinking
(Smilek and colleugues)

Answer 2

• right before the mind wanders
• we start to blink increasingly
• shifting stimulus

Question 3

Note taking and retention

Answer 3

• less notes over time (sometimes)
• less learning toward end of lectures (not really)

Question 4

How much do you remember from a lecture?

Answer 4

• you are more likley to forget the end of class, as attention drifts
• we will perfrom worse on stuff at the end of the lecture

Question 5

Direct probing

Answer 5

“Are you paying attention?” could change the outcome
- mind wandering more during prolonged lecture

Question 6

Does testing helping you stay engadged

Answer 6

• yes mind wanders less
• students being tested perfrom better