Wandering minds: The default network and stimulus-independent thought

被引：1951

作者：

Mason, Malia F.

Norton, Michael I.

Van Horn, John D.

Wegner, Daniel M.

Grafton, Scott T.

Macrae, C. Neil

机构：

[1] Dartmouth Coll, Dept Psychol & Brain Sci, Hanover, NH 03755 USA

[2] Harvard Univ, Harvard Business Sch, Boston, MA 02163 USA

[3] Harvard Univ, Dept Psychol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[4] Univ Aberdeen, Sch Psychol, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, Scotland

来源：

SCIENCE | 2007年 / 315卷 / 5810期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.1131295

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Despite evidence pointing to a ubiquitous tendency of human minds to wander, little is known about the neural operations that support this core component of human cognition. Using both thought sampling and brain imaging, the current investigation demonstrated that mind-wandering is associated with activity in a default network of cortical regions that are active when the brain is "at rest." In addition, individuals' reports of the tendency of their minds to wander were correlated with activity in this network.

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