The members of this research team were undergraduate students from Brigham Young University Idaho. The faculty advisor was Dr. Scott Martin, PhD. The members of the research team are listed here alphabetically by last name: Kaitlin Clayson, Leighann Lange, and Alicia Larsen.
The purpose of our study was to replicate the study done by Feng, D’Mello, & Graesser to further solidify the reliability of the study.
This was a replication study of 'Mind wandering while reading easy and difficult texts' by Shi Feng, Sidney D'Mello, and Arthur C. Graesser. The original study was conducted in 2012.
**Summary of Original Study**
The study investigated the effects of text difficulty on a number of dependent variables. These variables are reading time, mind wandering, and comprehension. Subjects were presented with a series of easy and difficult reading passages. They also answered randomized probes about mind wandering and comprehension questions. The original researchers hypothesized that the more difficult text would correlate with more mind wandering and that mind wandering would have a mediating effect on comprehension. The original researchers' findings were consistent with their hypothesis.
**Other**
There are multiple components of this page corresponding to different aspects of the research process. They are listed with links below.
[Methods and Materials][1]
[Ethics and Approvals][2]
[Video of Procedure][3]
[Data, Results, and Statistics][4]
[1]: https://osf.io/9wje2/
[2]: https://osf.io/gtcn2/
[3]: https://osf.io/6cav9/
[4]: https://osf.io/qx4mh/