The default mode network (DMN) is a set of widely distributed brain regions in the parietal,
temporal and frontal cortex. These regions often show reductions in activity during attention …

As empirical research on mind-wandering accelerates, we draw attention to an emerging
trend in how mind-wandering is conceptualized. Previously articulated definitions of mind …

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 …

Conscious experience is fluid; it rarely remains on one topic for an extended period without
deviation. Its dynamic nature is illustrated by the experience of mind wandering, in which …

Excessive cellphone use impacts attention and learning in classrooms. Given that attention
declines over time, we investigated when during lecture cellphones might impair learning …

Drawing on current research in psychology, a new philosophical account of remembering as
imagining the past. In this book, Kourken Michaelian builds on research in the psychology of …

Although anecdotes that creative thoughts often arise when one is engaged in an unrelated
train of thought date back thousands of years, empirical research has not yet investigated …

In recent years, there has been an enormous increase in the number of studies examining
mind wandering. Although participants' reports of mind wandering are often assumed to …

De multiples preuves suggèrent que, typiquement, la rêverie nuit de façon importante au
rendement. Des lacunes dans le rendement attribuables à la rêverie ont été observées dans …

Prospection (Gilbert & Wilson, 2007), the representation of possible futures, is a ubiquitous
feature of the human mind. Much psychological theory and practice, in contrast, has …