Mind-Wandering while Reading and its Research Method

Abstract

Abstract: This review primarily focused on research method that have been used to investigate mind-wandering while reading, this mainly include research paradigm and several indicators applied to signify this phenomenon. Researchers already proposed some research paradigms and indicators to examine this phenomenon objectively. Z-string paradigm use the letter“Z”to replace all the letters exists in a normal article and let the readers pretend to read this changed article like they were read a normal one. Thought sampling paradigm mainly contain self-caught paradigm and probe-caught paradigm. SART paradigm is a Go/no-Go task that demand the participant to react to the non-target word and do not react to the target word. Another version of SART paradigm is SAST, which is specific to reading condition. Main indicators that have been used by research about mind-wandering while reading can be divided into to two categories: eye movement indicators and behavior indicators. At last, we concluded main research problems and future directions of mind wandering while reading.

Key words: mind-wandering, reading, research paradigm, research indicators.

摘要： 考察了研究阅读中的“心不在焉”现象的所使用的主要研究方法，包括研究范式和所使用的研究指标。研究范式主要包括：Z字母串范式、思维取样范式以及对反应的持续注意任务范式及其变式。介绍了研究阅读中“心不在焉”现象所采用的眼动观测指标和行为观测指标，对这一领域研究存在的问题与未来的研究方向进行了总结和展望。

关键词: “心不在焉”, 阅读, 研究范式, 研究指标。

CLC Number:

B842.5

Wu Guolai, Gao Yuan. Mind-Wandering while Reading and its Research Method[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2015, 13(4): 563-569.

吴国来, 高原. 阅读中的“心不在焉”现象及其研究方法[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2015, 13(4): 563-569.

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