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In Medio Stat Virtus: intermediate levels of mind wandering improve episodic memory encoding in a virtual environment

Blondé, P., Makowski, D., Sperduti, M., & Piolino, P.

Psychological Research, 2021

Mind wandering usually costs memory, but not in a straight line. In a virtual environment, memory for what happened was best at intermediate levels of mind wandering rather than at the lowest.

• DOI: 10.1007/s00426-020-01358-5
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Keywords: Mind Wandering · Episodic Memory · Virtual Reality

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Blondé, P., Makowski, D., Sperduti, M., & Piolino, P. (2021). In Medio Stat Virtus: intermediate levels of mind wandering improve episodic memory encoding in a virtual environment. Psychological Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01358-5

See also

• Bored, distracted, and forgetful: The impact of mind wandering and boredom on memory encoding — Blondé, P., Sperduti, M., Makowski, D., & Piolino, P. (2021)
• The impact of state and dispositional mindfulness on prospective memory: A virtual reality study — Girardeau, J., Blondé, P., Makowski, D., Abram, M., Piolino, P., & Sperduti, M. (2020)
• "Being there" and remembering it: Presence improves memory encoding — Makowski, D., Sperduti, M., Nicolas, S., & Piolino, P. (2017)