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 …

A considerable body of evidence has accumulated over recent years on the functions of the
default-mode network (DMN)–a set of brain regions whose activity is high when the mind is …

Substantial neuroimaging evidence suggests that spontaneous engagement of the default
network impairs performance on tasks requiring executive control. We investigated whether …

The brain's default network is a set of regions that is spontaneously active during passive
moments. The network is also active during directed tasks that require participants to …

In recent years, the brain's “default network,” a set of regions characterized by decreased
neural activity during goal-oriented tasks, has generated a significant amount of interest, as …

Highlights•The human brain is organized into several large-scale functional
networks.•These networks interact in a dynamic fashion at rest.•Many internally-guided tasks …

The brain's default network (DN) has been a topic of considerable empirical interest. In fMRI
research, DN activity is associated with spontaneous and self‐generated cognition, such as …

The human default network (DN) plays a critical role in internally directed cognition,
behavior, and neuropsychiatric disease. Despite much progress with functional …

The default network (DN) has been consistently associated with self-related cognition, but
also to bodily state monitoring and autonomic regulation. We hypothesized that these two …

While goal-directed thinking has received the lion's share of neuroscientific attention, its
counterpart—the undirected thought flow that comes to mind unbidden and without effort …