Michael J. Kane’s research group investigates individual differences in attention-control abilities using experimental, psychometric/correlational, and experience-sampling methods. Their goal is to understand how people control their attention (especially in selectively focusing in the face of external or internal distractions) and the consequences of attention-control failures for learning, thinking, and acting in goal-directed ways. Recently, Mike’s lab group has focused on individual differences in the experience of mind wandering in both laboratory and daily-life settings. They have been testing the idea that one contributor to off-task thought (among many) is a momentary failure of attention control.

Mike completed his PhD in Psychology at Duke University in 1995, and then completed a two-year post-doc at the University of South Carolina before accepting his first Assistant Professor position at Georgia State University. He moved to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2000, where he is now a Professor of Psychology.

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Michael J. Kane

Department of Psychology
321 McIver Street
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27412 USA

Email: mjkane@uncg.edu

Tel: +1 (336) 256-1022