The present study examined individual differences in everyday attention failures. Undergraduate students completed various cognitive ability measures in the laboratory and recorded everyday attention failures in a diary over the course of a week. The majority of attention failures were failures of distraction or mind wandering in educational contexts (in class or while studying). Latent variabl...

Cognitive functioning is essential for handling both job and daily life. However, a cognitive failure characterised by self-perceived issues with focus, memory, decision-making, clear thinking, prevalent in the general population working can be accompanied decreased well-being competence. Given significance of people’s health, this study investigated connection between sociodemographic factors ...

INTRODUCTION The impact of a driver's cognitive capability on traffic safety has not been adequately studied. This study examined the relationship between cognitive failures, driving errors and accident data. METHOD Professional drivers from Iran (160 males, ages 18-65) participated in this study. The cognitive failures questionnaire (CFQ) and the driver error questionnaire were administered....