Data analysis
TB, MP
REGRESSIONS
In order to examine the effects of the experimental condition on the frequency of thoughts, we conducted a mixed ANOVA with Condition (Easy, Hard) as between-subjects factor and the attention Orientation Type (Focus, MW, External) as a within-subjects factor. To investigate the interaction between the experimental condition and the MW orientation content on the frequency of thoughts, we conducted another mixed ANOVA with Condition (Easy, Hard) as between-subjects factor and the MW Content (EPT, EFT, Planning, Imagination and Other) and the MW Source (Spontaneous, Voluntary) as a within-subjects factor. In order to examine the effects of the experimental condition and the type of MP cues on PM performances, we performed two mixed ANOVAs with the Condition (Easy and Hard) as a between-subjects factor and the PM Type (event-based linked—EBL, event-based not linked—EBN, time-based—TB) as a within-subject factor. The first ANOVA was conducted on the cues encoded before the MW task (pre-PM) and the other on those encoded during the VR task (post-PM). Finally, separate multiple linear regressions were performed to predict the scores of each of the three prospective cues, encoded before or after, with the rates of the different components of MW. We reported the effect size for ANOVA with η