Often, as we read, we find ourselves thinking about something other than the text; this
tendency to mind-wander is linked to poor comprehension and reduced subsequent …

Reading is a fundamental human capacity and yet it can easily be derailed by the simple act
of mind-wandering. A large-scale brain network, referred to as the default mode network …

While reading, our mind can wander to unrelated autobiographical information, creating a
perceptually decoupled state detrimental to narrative comprehension. To understand how …

When reading a narrative text, both the dorsal and ventral visual systems are activated. To
illustrate the patterns of interactions between the dorsal and ventral visual systems in text …

Understanding the neural processes that support different patterns of ongoing thought is an
important goal of contemporary cognitive neuroscience. Early accounts assumed the default …

Focused attention meditations have been shown to improve psychological health and
wellbeing and are nowadays an integral part of many psychotherapies. While research on …

Regions of transmodal cortex, in particular the default mode network (DMN), have
historically been argued to serve functions unrelated to task performance, in part because of …

Introduction The default mode network and the working memory network are known to be
anti-correlated during sustained cognitive processing, in a load-dependent manner. We …

Despite the dynamic property of consciousness, little research has explored the
characteristic of the effort in trying to focus back, in which attention is shifted from mind …

Everyday cognitive functioning is characterized by constant alternations between different
modes of information processing, driven by constant fluctuations in environmental demands …