Discoveries over the past two decades demonstrate that regions distributed throughout the
association cortex, often called the default network, are suppressed during tasks that …

Though only a decade has elapsed since the default network (DN) was first defined as a
large‐scale brain system, recent years have brought great insight into the network's adaptive …

During the many idle moments that comprise daily life, the human brain increases its activity
across a set of midline and lateral cortical brain regions known as the “default network.” …

Human empathy relies on the ability to share emotions as well as the ability to understand
the other's thoughts, desires, and feelings. Recent evidence points to 2 separate systems for …

The brain is constituted of multiple networks of functionally correlated brain areas, out of
which the default-mode network (DMN) is the largest. Most existing research into the DMN …

The ability to rise above the present environment and reflect upon the past, the future, and
the minds of others is a fundamentally defining human feature. It has been proposed that …

A great deal of research exists on the neural basis of theory-of-mind (ToM) or mentalizing.
Qualitative reviews on this topic have identified a mentalizing network composed of the …

What is consciousness and how can a brain, a mere collection of neurons, create it? In
Consciousness and the Social Brain, Princeton neuroscientist Michael Graziano lays out an …

This meta-analysis explores the role of the cerebellum in social cognition. Recent meta-
analyses of neuroimaging studies since 2008 demonstrate that the cerebellum is only …

Association cortex is organized into large-scale distributed networks. One such network, the
default network (DN), is linked to diverse forms of internal mentation, opening debate about …