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 DMN is especially active ...

When your mind is wandering, your brain’s “default mode” network is active. Its discovery 20 years ago inspired a raft of research into networks of brain regions and how they interact with ...

A new study provides evidence that narcissistic and antisocial personality traits are linked to both shared and distinct ...

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According to youth mental health researchers in Australia, networks like the attention system and executive control system ...

The human brain is not programmed for prolonged periods of concentration. A neurologist decodes why taking microbreaks ...

Fitting in is hard-wired into our brain's thought networks as a priority. Living authentically starts with recognizing these ...

How Psychedelics Rewire The 'Default Mode Network' In Your Brain Most of us have a tiny "voice" in the back of our minds — sort of like a current of thoughts and self-analyses.

The study explored temporal differences based on smoking status, assessing associations between childhood trauma, alexithymia, nicotine smoking, and default mode network (DMN) states. Alexithymia is ...