Erik Reichle

In this project, the researchers intended to refine and approve a recently developed theoretical perspective for investigating the experience of "zoning out" while reading, also known as "mind wandering", and study the pedagogical implications of these occurrences. In the early 2000s, there was little research that directly examined the role that such experiences play in reading comprehension and whether any negative consequences mind wandering might lead to could be addressed by some sort o...