What Is the Default Mode Network? The default mode network (DMN) is a system of connected brain areas that show increased activity when a person is not focused on what is happening around them. The ...

When the mind wanders, where does it go? Or, to put it another way, when we are not riveted by reading the latest news on Alzforum, or discussing exciting new data, what exactly goes on up there? That ...

The brain is wired to engage in tasks like washing dishes and sweeping the floor without thought. The default mode network is a friend to anxiety, worry, and pessimism. Our heads may continue to nod, ...

We have all experienced boredom—that feeling of waning interest or decreased mental stimulation. Eventually we lose focus, we disengage. Time seems to pass slowly, and we may even start to feel ...

Researchers at Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Radboud University and the University of Oxford's Wellcome Center for ...