The discovery of the default mode network (DMN) has revolutionized our understanding of
the workings of the human brain. Here, I review developments that led to the discovery of the …

Highlights•Research on episodic future thinking has increased dramatically during the past
decade.•Cognitive studies have begun to separate the contributions of episodic retrieval …

The medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) has been posited to serve a variety of social, affective,
and cognitive functions. These conclusions have largely been driven by forward inference …

It has been suggested that the simulation of hypothetical episodes and the recollection of
past episodes are supported by fundamentally the same set of brain regions. The present …

The temporal structure of self-generated cognition is a key attribute to the formation of a
meaningful stream of consciousness. When at rest, our mind wanders from thought to …

Background Episodic future thinking (EFT) requires an individual to vividly pre‐experience a
realistic future event. Inspired by previous reports of reducing delay discounting following …

Mental imagery is an experience like perception in the absence of a percept. It is a
ubiquitous feature of human cognition, yet it has been relatively neglected in the etiology …

Abstract Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental
disorder associated with a range of mental health, neurocognitive and functional problems …

Music is a ubiquitous phenomenon in human cultures, mostly due to its power to evoke and
regulate emotions. However, effects of music evoking different emotional experiences such …

The human brain is tightly coupled to the world through its sensory‐motor systems—but it
also spends a lot of its metabolism talking to itself. One important function of this intrinsic …