Table 1 Characteristics of the stimulus materials
From: Mind wandering increases linearly with text difficulty
Topic | Word count | Difficulty level | FKGL | Readability | Simplicity (%) | Narrativity (%) | Referential cohesion (%) | Deep cohesion (%) | Formality | M Interest | M perceived difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Animals | 742 | 1 | 5.8 | 13.6 | 83.9 | 52.8 | 31.9 | 52.8 | − 0.46 | 3.4 | 1.9 |
Animals | 1005 | 2 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 60.6 | 23.0 | 15.4 | 55.6 | − 0.08 | 3.4 | 2.3 |
Animals | 848 | 3 | 11.9 | 7.9 | 22.7 | 30.5 | 40.9 | 35.9 | 0.06 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
Animals | 1193 | 4 | 13.4 | 7.3 | 20.9 | 22.7 | 52.8 | 57.1 | − 0.28 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
Animals | 849 | 5 | 15.7 | 8.5 | 34.5 | 20.6 | 71.2 | 68.1 | 0.30 | 2.0 | 3.2 |
History | 939 | 1 | 7.1 | 16.7 | 92.9 | 39.4 | 16.9 | 78.5 | − 0.52 | 3.8 | 1.9 |
History | 1088 | 2 | 9.1 | 15.7 | 25.5 | 45.6 | 26.8 | 36.3 | 0.24 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
History | 889 | 3 | 11.1 | 14.4 | 63.3 | 33.0 | 16.6 | 83.9 | − 0.09 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
History | 1063 | 4 | 13.6 | 12.7 | 57.9 | 39.0 | 9.3 | 92.5 | 0.01 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
History | 1482 | 5 | 16.1 | 4.1 | 44.0 | 11.9 | 3.3 | 42.5 | 0.02 | 2.4 | 2.9 |