Investigating Mind-Wandering Episodes While Using Digital Technologies: An Experimental Approach Based on Mixed-Methods

Caroline Reßing; Frederike M. Oschinsky; Michael Klesel; Björn Niehaves; René Riedl; Patrick Suwandjieff; Wriessnegger Selina C; Gernot R. Müller-Putz

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-13064-9_30

Investigating Mind-Wandering Episodes While Using Digital Technologies: An Experimental Approach Based on Mixed-Methods

Caroline Reßing, Frederike M. Oschinsky, Michael Klesel, Björn Niehaves, René Riedl, Patrick Suwandjieff, Wriessnegger Selina C, Gernot R. Müller-Putz

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Abstract

In today’s fast-paced world, our brain spends almost half of our waking hours distracted from current environmental stimuli, often referred to as mind wandering in the scientific literature. At the same time, people frequently have several hours daily screen time, signifying the ubiquity of digital technologies. Here, we investigate mind wandering while using digital technologies. Measuring mind wandering (i.e., off-task thought), however, comes with challenges. In this research-in-progress paper, we present an experimental approach based on EEG, eye-tracking, questionnaires, and performance data to measure wind wandering. Our work draws upon the Unusual Uses Task, a widely used task to measure divergent thinking (as a proxy for mind wandering). We describe the experimental setup and discuss initial findings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information Systems and Neuroscience: NeuroIS Retreat 2022
Editors	Fred D. Davis, René Riedl, Jan vom Brocke, Pierre-Majorique Léger, Adriane B. Randolph, Gernot R. Müller-Putz
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	301-309
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-13064-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-13063-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13064-9_30
Publication status	Published - 3 Dec 2022
Event	NeuroIS Retreat 2022 - Schlosshotel Wilhelminenberg, Wien, Austria Duration: 14 Jun 2022 → 16 Jun 2022 http://www.neurois.org/neurois-retreat-2022/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation
Volume	58
ISSN (Print)	2195-4968
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-4976

Conference

Conference	NeuroIS Retreat 2022
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Wien
Period	14.06.2022 → 16.06.2022
Internet address	http://www.neurois.org/neurois-retreat-2022/

Keywords

Mind-wandering
EEG
Eye-tracking
Unusual uses task
NeuroIS

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Reßing, C., Oschinsky, F. M., Klesel, M., Niehaves, B., Riedl, R., Suwandjieff, P., Selina C, W., & Müller-Putz, G. R. (2022). Investigating Mind-Wandering Episodes While Using Digital Technologies: An Experimental Approach Based on Mixed-Methods. In F. D. Davis, R. Riedl, J. vom Brocke, P.-M. Léger, A. B. Randolph, & G. R. Müller-Putz (Eds.), Information Systems and Neuroscience: NeuroIS Retreat 2022 (pp. 301-309). (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation; Vol. 58). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13064-9_30

Reßing, Caroline ; Oschinsky, Frederike M. ; Klesel, Michael et al. / Investigating Mind-Wandering Episodes While Using Digital Technologies: An Experimental Approach Based on Mixed-Methods. Information Systems and Neuroscience: NeuroIS Retreat 2022. editor / Fred D. Davis ; René Riedl ; Jan vom Brocke ; Pierre-Majorique Léger ; Adriane B. Randolph ; Gernot R. Müller-Putz. Cham : Springer, 2022. pp. 301-309 (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation).

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Investigating Mind-Wandering Episodes While Using Digital Technologies: An Experimental Approach Based on Mixed-Methods. / Reßing, Caroline; Oschinsky, Frederike M.; Klesel, Michael et al.
Information Systems and Neuroscience: NeuroIS Retreat 2022. ed. / Fred D. Davis; René Riedl; Jan vom Brocke; Pierre-Majorique Léger; Adriane B. Randolph; Gernot R. Müller-Putz. Cham: Springer, 2022. p. 301-309 (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation; Vol. 58).

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