Publications

2021-2024

Welhaf, M. S., & Banks, J. B. (Accepted). The Impact of the Emotional Valence of Mind Wandering on Sustained Attention Performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition

Welhaf, M. S., Balota, D. A., Morris, J. C., Hassenstab, J., & Aschenbrenner, A. J. (Accepted). Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Changes in Mind Wandering in Older Adults. Psychology & Aging.

Welhaf, M. S. & Bugg, J. M. (2024). Positively framing mind wandering does not increase mind wandering in older adults. Psychological Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-024-01983-4

Welhaf, M. S., Astacio, M. A., & Banks, J. B. (2024). Further Unpacking Individual Differences in Mind Wandering: The Role of Emotional Valence and Awareness. Consciousness & Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2024.103697.

Rodriguez-Boerwinkle, R. M., Welhaf, M. S., Smeekens, B. A., Booth, R. A., Kwapil, T. R., Silvia, P. J., & Kane, M. J. (2024). Variation in Divergent Thinking, Executive-Control Abilities, and Mind-Wandering Measured in and Out of the Laboratory. Creativity Research Journal, 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2024.2326336

Welhaf, M. S., Wilks, H., Aschennbrenner, A. J., Balota, D. A., Schindler, S., Benzinger, T., Gordon, B., Cruchaga, C., Xiong, C., Morris, J. C., & Hassenstab, J. J. (2024) Naturalistic Assessment of Reaction Time Variability in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer Disease. Journal of the International Neuropsychology Society.

Aschenbrenner, A. J., Welhaf, M.S., Hassenstab, J. J., & Jackson, J. J. (2024) Antecedents and consequences of mind wandering states in healthy aging and mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology.

Welhaf, M. S., Banks, J. B., & Bugg, J M. (2024). Age-Related Differences in Mind Wandering: The Role of Emotional Valence. Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciecnes.

Welhaf, M. S., & Kane, M. J. (2024) A Combined Experimental–Correlational Approach to the Construct Validity of Performance-Based and Self-Report-Based Measures of Sustained Attention. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics.  

Welhaf M. S., & Kane, (2024). A Nomothetic Span Approach to the Construct Validity of Sustained Attention Measurement: Re-Analyzing Two Latent-Variable Studies of Performance Variability and Mind-Wandering Self-Reports. Psychological Research

Welhaf, M.S., Meier, M. E., Smeekens, B. A., Silvia, P. J., Kwapil, T. R., & Kane, M. J. (2023). A "Goldilocks zone" for mind wandering reports? A secondary analysis of how few thought probes are enough for reliable and valid measurement. Behavior Research Methods.

Welhaf, M.S., Phillips, N. E., Smeekens, B. A., Miyake, A., & Kane, M. J. (2022). Interpolated Testing and pretesting as interventions to reduce task-unrelated thoughts during a video lecture. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications.

Banks, J. B., & Welhaf, M. S., (2022). Individual differences in dimensions of mind wandering: the mediating role of emotional valence and intentionality. Psychological Research.

Kane, M.J., Smeekens, B.A., Meier, M.E., Welhaf, M.S., & Phillips, N.E. (2021). Testing the construct validity of competing measurement approaches to probed mind-wandering reports. Behavior Research Methods.

Erb, C.D., Welhaf, M.S., Smeekens, B.A., Moreau, D., Kane, M.J., & Marcovitch, S. (2021). Linking the dynamics of cognitive control to individual differences in working memory capacity: Evidence from reaching behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.

Frith, E., Kane, M.J., Welhaf, M.S., Christensen, A.P., Silvia, P.J., Seli, P., & Beaty, R.E. (2021). Keeping creativity under control: Contributions of attention control and fluid intelligence to divergent thinking. Creativity Research Journal.

2014-2020

Welhaf, M.S., Smeekens, B.A. Meier, M.E., Silvia, P.J., Kwapil, T.R., & Kane, M.J. (2020). The worst performance rule, or the not-best performance rule? Latent-variable analyses of working memory capacity, mind-wandering propensity, and reaction time. Journal of Intelligence, 8, 25. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/8/2/25

Welhaf, M.S., Smeekens, B.A., Gazzia, N.C., Perkins, J.B., Silvia, P.J., Meier, M.E., Kwapil, T.R., & Kane, M.J. (2020). An exploratory analysis of individual differences in mind wandering content and consistency. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice.

Banks, J. B., Welhaf, M. S, Hood, A. V. B., Boals, A., & Tartar, J. L. (2016). Examining the role of emotional valence of mind wandering: All mind wandering is not equal. Consciousness and Cognition, 43, 167-176.

Banks, J. B., Welhaf, M. S., Srour, A. (2015). The protective effects of brief mindfulness meditation training. Consciousness and Cognition, 33, 277-285.

Banks, J. B., Tartar, J. L., & Welhaf, M. S. (2014). Where's the impairment: An examination of factors that impact sustained attention following a stressor. Cognition & Emotion, 28, 856-866.