Fig. 3
From: Impact of active and latent concerns about COVID-19 on attention
Left: Box and whisker plot of ratings on survey questions assessing latent concerns regarding COVID-19. Average across all five items is presented on the left, average of the three health-related items is presented in the middle, and average of the two finance-related items on the right. Scores closer to 7 indicate more severe concerns, scores closer to 1 indicate very low levels of concern, and scores around 4 indicate moderate levels of concern. Each box plots data from the first quartile to the third quartile. Right: Box and whisker plot of the percentage of time spent on general task-unrelated thoughts during the four attention tasks: Visual search, visual working memory, scene CPT, and task switching. Ratings closer to 100% indicate more time spent mind wandering, and ratings closer to 0% indicate full attention on the task. Each box plots data from the first quartile to the third quartile