Attentional disengagements in educational contexts: a diary investigation of everyday mind-wandering and distraction

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 3 Correlations among the cognitive ability measures

Measure	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1. Ospan	—
2. Symspan	0.33	—
3. Rspan	0.65	0.35	—
4. Raven	0.33	0.36	0.28	—
5. LS	0.25	0.33	0.21	0.34	—
6. Anti	0.25	0.17	0.23	0.26	0.26	—
7. SARTacc	0.08	0.12	0.09	0.24	0.14	0.19	—
8. SARTSD	−0.05	−0.07	−0.11	−0.16	−0.17	−0.25	−0.11	—
9. PVT	−0.08	−0.10	−0.09	−0.20	−0.14	−0.27	−0.23	0.19	—
10. AntiMW	0.01	−0.08	−0.04	−0.14	−0.02	−0.16	−0.18	0.10	0.04	—
11. SARTMW	−0.11	−0.14	−0.15	−0.25	−0.19	−0.25	−0.23	0.30	0.18	0.47	—
12. PVTMW	−0.02	−0.07	−0.08	−0.08	0.08	−0.06	−0.21	0.06	0.11	0.33	0.43	—
13. AntiED	−0.06	−0.10	−0.06	0.01	−0.04	−0.01	−0.04	−0.07	0.10	−0.09	0.00	0.09	—
14. SARTED	−0.04	−0.04	−0.06	0.00	0.05	0.07	−0.09	−0.07	0.04	−0.03	−0.10	−0.04	0.38	—
19. PVTED	−0.05	−0.08	0.01	0.06	−0.05	−0.02	−0.07	−0.11	0.04	−0.12	−0.12	−0.21	0.28	0.38	—

Ospan = operation span; Rspan = reading span; Symspan = symmetry span; Raven = Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices; LS = letter sets; NS = Anti = antisaccade; SARTacc = accuracy on Sustained Attention to Response Task; SARTSD = standard deviation of response time on the Sustained Attention to Response task; PVT = psychomotor vigilance task; ED = external distraction; MW = mind-wandering