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Attention Lapses

Attention Lapse is a cognitive phenomenon characterized by a transient failure in maintaining goal-directed focus, distinguished from related attentional disruptions by its origin in endogenous fluctuations of alertness rather than exogenous distractions or deliberate shifts in attention.

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2017–2026

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Neurocognitive Consequences of Sleep Deprivation

Namni Goel, Hengyi Rao, Jeffrey Durmer et al. · Seminars in Neurology · 2009 · 2.1K citations

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`Oops!': Performance correlates of everyday attentional failures in traumatic brain injured and normal subjects

Ian H. Robertson, Tom Manly, Jackie Andrade et al. · Neuropsychologia · 1997 · 2.1K citations

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The neural bases of momentary lapses in attention

Daniel H. Weissman, Kenneth Roberts, Kristina Visscher et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2006 · 1.6K citations

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Mind wandering and attention during focused meditation: A fine-grained temporal analysis of fluctuating cognitive states

Wendy Hasenkamp, Christine D. Wilson‐Mendenhall, Erica Duncan et al. · NeuroImage · 2011 · 653 citations · Full text

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Subjective experience and the attentional lapse: Task engagement and disengagement during sustained attention

Jonathan Smallwood, John B. Davies, Derek Heim et al. · Consciousness and Cognition · 2004 · 565 citations

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Authors

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  1. DF
    David F. Dinges

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    7 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. JS
    Jonathan Smallwood

    University of York, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. NU
    Nash Unsworth

    University of Oregon, United States

    6 publications · 370 citations

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  4. DS
    Daniel Smilek

    University of Waterloo, Canada

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. IH
    Ian H. Robertson

    Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

    5 publications · 2.7K citations

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Institutions

348

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    2.5K citations

  2. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    8 h-index

    29 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    3.5K citations

  5. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    6 h-index

    32 publications

    8.8K citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. Inserm

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    265 citations

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  1. Consciousness and Cognition

    12 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. SLEEP

    8 publications · 498 citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    6 publications · 454 citations

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  4. Cerebral Cortex

    4 publications · 676 citations

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  5. Scientific Reports

    4 publications · 163 citations

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