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Trial reportPloS one2024

Acute stress negatively impacts on-task behavior and lecture comprehension.

Anisa Morava, Ali Shirzad, James Van Riesen, Nader Elshawish, Joshua Ahn, Harry Prapavessis

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in PloS one, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Anisa MoravaSchool of Kinesiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9350-9639
Ali ShirzadSchool of Kinesiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
James Van RiesenSchool of Kinesiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Nader ElshawishSchool of Kinesiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Joshua AhnSchool of Kinesiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Harry PrapavessisSchool of Kinesiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute stress has been shown to disrupt cognitive and learning processes. The present study examined the effects of acute stress on mind wandering during a lecture and subsequent lecture comprehension in young adults. Forty participants were randomized to acute stress induction via the Trier Social Stress Test or rest prior to watching a twenty-minute video lecture with embedded mind wandering probes, followed by a lecture comprehension assessment. Stress responses were assessed via heart rate, blood pressure, salivary cortisol, and state anxiety. Individuals exposed to acute stress endorsed greater mind wandering at the first checkpoint and lower lecture comprehension scores. Moreover, state anxiety post stress was positively associated with mind wandering at the first and second checkpoint and negatively associated with lecture comprehension. Only mind wandering at the third checkpoint was negatively correlated with overall lecture comprehension. Taken together, these data suggest that acute stress, mind wandering, and lecture comprehension are inextricably linked.

Indexed as

AttentionComprehensionAnxietyHumansLearningReadingYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID38319902
PMCPMC10846713

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