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Michael S Franklin1, Jonathan Smallwood, Jonathan W Schooler

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of California, Bldg 551, Room 1304, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, USA. franklin@psych.ucsb.edu

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Researchers developed an algorithm to predict mind wandering during reading in real time. This advance could lead to tools to improve reading comprehension by minimizing off-task episodes.

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