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Brock University: Older Adult Minds Shown to Wander Less Than Their Younger Counterparts
July 12, 2024
ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, July 12 (TNSres) -- Brock University issued the following news:

By Cathy Majtenyi

While it's commonly believed older adult minds wander more than those of young people, new Brock-led research is showing the opposite is true.

Previous research on mind wandering relied on older participants' self-reporting of how often their mind wanders, says Psychology PhD student Sarah Henderson (BSc '18, MA '20).

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