Table 1_Mind-wandering in China and the UK: evidence of cross-cultural consistency.xlsx contains data from a study by Qiuyu Du, last updated in March 2026. The dataset includes results from 49 participants (17 British, 32 Chinese) who completed a monotonous writing task and a semi-structured interview about mind wandering. It examines the frequency, content, causes, and perceived effects of mind wandering across the two cultural groups.
Use Cases
- Analyzing cross-cultural consistency in mind-wandering frequency and causes based on participant interview data.
- Comparing cultural differences in the perceived valence (negative vs. non-negative) of mind-wandering effects.
- Investigating the relationship between self-generated thought and meta-awareness during a monotonous task.
- Exploring potential links between cultural values and the subjective experience of attention lapses.
Strengths
- Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
- Study design includes a controlled task and semi-structured interviews from 49 participants.
- Explicitly compares two distinct cultural groups (British and Chinese).
Limitations
- Dataset is very small at 12.1 KB, indicating limited scope.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Qiuyu Du via figshare.
- Collection Method
- Data gathered from a monotonous writing task and subsequent semi-structured interviews with participants.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-18 10:14:06.
- Geography
- Participants from China and the United Kingdom.