Recent Publications
Safati, A. B., Seli, P., & Smilek, D. (2026). The costs of monitoring: Does self-catching the wandering mind influence task performance and/or residual probe-caught mind-wandering? Consciousness and Cognition, 144, 104112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2026.104112
Seli, P., Brosowsky, N. P., Ragnhildstveit, A., Carriere, J. S. A., & Smilek, D. (2026). Are individual differences in “unconstrained thought” meaningfully distinct from spontaneous and deliberate mind wandering? Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000488
LeDrew, M., Safati, A.B. & Smilek, D. (2026). Switching between a computer monitor and virtual reality to reduce the sustained attention decrement. Virtual Reality. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-026-01424-0
Smith, A. C., Marty-Dugas, J., Pereira, E. J., Ralph, B. C., & Smilek, D. (2026). ‘The pill’ and sustained attention: The relations between oral contraceptive use and performance and mind wandering during a sustained attention task. Personality and Individual Differences, 258, 113847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2026.113847
Smith, A. C., Marty-Dugas, J., & Smilek, D. (2026). On the relation between oral contraceptive use, boredom, and flow. Journal of Boredom Studies, 4. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19682759
Safati, A. B., & Smilek, D. (2026). The effects of anticipating metacognitive judgments about mind-Wandering. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 88(2), 67. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-026-03228-5
Drody, A. C., Pereira, E. J., & Smilek, D. (2025). Attention in our digital ecosystem: The five interactive components that drive media multitasking. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 32(6), 2454–2471. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-025-02722-5
Smilek, D., Ayers-Glassey, S., van Dijk-Allen, M., & Safati, A. B. (2025). Agentic aspects of attentional disengagement. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000377
Ayers-Glassey, S., Pereira, E. J., Wammes, J. D., & Smilek, D. (2025). Retrospective attention: Examining temporally specific retrospective reports of mind wandering and engagement during online video lectures. Psychological Research, 89, Article 103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-025-02133-0
Drody, A. C., Pereira, E. J., Danckert, J., & Smilek, D. (2025). Inattention over time-on-task: The role of motivation in mitigating temporal increases in media multitasking. Frontiers in Cognition, 4, 1547295. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcogn.2025.1547295
Safati, A. B., Alkheder, W. A., Lowe, C. J., & Smilek, D. (2025). The effects of cannabis on mind-wandering. Heliyon, 11(4), e42911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42911
Safati, A. B., Carr, T. H., Lowe, C. J., & Smilek, D. (2024). Mind wandering on command. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1448226. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1448226
Kruger, T. B., Dixon, M. J., Oakman, J. M., & Smilek, D. (2024). Examining the effects of caffeine during an auditory attention task. Consciousness and Cognition, 124, 103729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2024.103729
Caron, E. E., Drody, A. C., Carriere, J. S. A., & Smilek, D. (2024). The impact of a global pandemic on undergraduate learning experiences: Lifting the restrictions. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 39, 2435–2459. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-023-00790-6
Pereira, E. J., Ayers-Glassey, S., Wammes, J. D., & Smilek, D. (2024). Attention in hindsight: Using stimulated recall to capture dynamic fluctuations in attentional engagement. Behavior Research Methods, 56, 5354–5385. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02273-4
Marty-Dugas, J., Rajasingham, M., McHardy, R. J., Kim, J., & Smilek, D. (2024). Instructor enthusiasm in online lectures: How vocal enthusiasm impacts student engagement, learning, and memory. Frontiers in Education, 9, 1339815. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1339815
Marty-Dugas, J., McHardy, R. J., Ralph, B. C. W., Kim, J., & Smilek, D. (2024). Active vs passive media multitasking and memory for lecture materials. Heliyon, 10(11), e31935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31935
Smith, A. C. & Smilek, D. (2024). On the relation between oral contraceptive use and self-control. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 15, 1335384. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2024.1335384
Ayers-Glassey, S. & Smilek, D. (2024). The relations between hyperfocus and similar attentional states, adult ADHD symptoms, and affective dysfunction. Current Psychology, 43, 11254–11266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05235-3