Download PDFOpen PDF in browserPay Attention to Me: Group Identity and Mind-Wandering in Text CommunicationEasyChair Preprint 386812 pages•Date: July 14, 2020AbstractTask-unrelated thought (TUT) occurs frequently in our daily lives, but we know little about how it influences our communication. The current study explores how frequently our minds wander during text-based computer-mediated communication and how group membership impacts this rate. Participants reported TUT once every two minutes on average, but this rate was lower when participants perceived talking with an ingroup member. More frequent TUT was also related to more frequent topic shifting across all conditions. Keyphrases: attention, computer-mediated communication, group membership, mind wandering, participant reported mind wandering, social identity
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