Forster and Lavie (Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40[1], 251–260, 2014; Psychological Science, 27[2], 203–212, 2016) found that task-irrelevant distraction correlated positively with a measure of mind-wandering and a report of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptomology. Based primarily on these results, Forster and Lavie claimed to establish an attention-distractibility trait. Here, I tested whether these associations could be distinguished from associations with working memory capacity and task-relevant distraction (measured with an antisaccade task). With data collected from 226 subjects (ns differ among analyses), the results from the current study suggest that the measures of task-irrelevant distraction and working memory capacity were not (or only very weakly) associated with measures of mind wandering (measured both with a stand-alone questionnaire and in-task thought probes) and ADHD symptomology. Task-relevant interference (i.e., antisaccade accuracy) was associated with mind-wandering reports from in-task thought probes (presented in a separate task), but not the stand-alone mind wandering questionnaire or ADHD symptomology. Additionally, the measure of irrelevant-distraction exhibited low internal consistency suggesting that (as measured) it may not be a suitable individual difference measure. [Preregistration, data, analysis scripts and output are available via the Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/bhs24/].

Forster 和 Lavie（Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40 [1], 251–260, 2014; Psychological Science, 27 [2], 203–212, 2016）发现与任务无关的分心与一种走神的措施和一份注意力缺陷/多动障碍 (ADHD) 症状的报告。主要基于这些结果，福斯特和拉维声称建立了注意力分散的特征。在这里，我测试了这些关联是否可以与工作记忆容量和与任务相关的分心（通过反眼跳任务测量）的关联区分开来。从 226 名受试者收集的数据 ( ns 的分析不同），当前研究的结果表明，与任务无关的注意力分散和工作记忆能力的测量与走神的测量没有（或仅非常微弱）相关（通过独立问卷和-任务思维探针）和 ADHD 症状。与任务相关的干扰（即，antisaccade 准确性）与来自任务中思维探针（在单独的任务中呈现）的走神报告相关，但与独立的走神问卷或 ADHD 症状无关。此外，无关分心的测量表现出低内部一致性，表明（如测量）它可能不是一个合适的个体差异测量。[预注册、数据、分析脚本和输出可通过开放科学框架获得：https://osf.io/bhs24/]。