Cognition can unfold with little regard to the events taking place in the environment, and
such self-generated mental activity poses a specific set of challenges for its scientific …

Mind wandering and mindfulness are often described as divergent mental states with
opposing effects on cognitive performance and mental health. Spontaneous mind …

Experiences such as mind-wandering illustrate that cognition is not always tethered to
events in the here-and-now. Although converging evidence emphasises the default mode …

Although neural activity often reflects the processing of external inputs, intrinsic fluctuations
in activity have been observed throughout the brain. These may relate to patterns of self …

The ventral part of lateral posterior parietal cortex (VPC) and the posterior midline region
(PMR), including the posterior cingulate cortex and precuneus, tend to show deactivation …

How do we decide if the people we meet and the things we see are familiar or new? If
something is new, we need to encode it as a memory distinct from already stored episodes …

Cognition that is not based on perception can lead to at least two different outcomes. In
some situations, cognition that is independent of perception can allow actions to be selected …

The brain's default mode network (DMN) is activated during internally-oriented tasks and
shows strong coherence in spontaneous rest activity. Despite a surge of recent interest, the …

Imagery research typically deals with the commonalities and differences between imagery
and perception. As such, it is usually confined to one specific modality. Yet, it is likely that …

The encoding of sensory input is intertwined with external attention, whereas retrieval is
intrinsically related to internal attention. This study proposes a model in which the encoding …