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  • Offline memory consolidation is supported by wakeful resting periods and local sleep mechanisms.
  • Mind-wandering (MW) may indicate a need for local sleep and transitions to offline processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if rest periods after MW episodes enhance memory consolidation.
  • To determine if MW-specific pauses selectively improve memory compared to general pauses.

Main Methods:

  • Participants learned word pairs, with thought probes assessing MW.
  • Experiment 1: Pauses were given after MW episodes; Experiment 2 compared MW-specific pauses to general pauses.
  • Memory consolidation was assessed after learning blocks.

Main Results:

  • Memory consolidation was enhanced in the MW condition compared to controls in Experiment 1.
  • Performance improved equally whether pauses were MW-specific or general in Experiment 2.
  • A positive correlation was found between MW intensity and memory consolidation across both experiments.

Conclusions:

  • Transiently interrupting learning with rest periods may benefit declarative memory consolidation during wakefulness.
  • The memory benefits of pauses appear partially independent of the attentional state (MW).