ArticleNeuroimage. Reports2022
Mind wandering in sensory cortices.
Article in Neuroimage. Reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- In-scanner thoughts contribute to resting-state functional connectivity.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- A multi-session simultaneous EEG-fMRI dataset with repeated experience sampling.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Enhanced individual difference of functional brain network induced by volitional eyes closing.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Electrophysiological signatures of ongoing thoughts during naturalistic behavior.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Brain-based predictive modeling of mind-wandering and involuntary thought: the idiographic approach.Technology, mind, and behavior · 2025Article
- Gaze-Based Detection of Thoughts across Naturalistic Tasks Using a PSO-Optimized Random Forest Algorithm.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Brain decoding of spontaneous thought: Predictive modeling of self-relevance and valence using personal narratives.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Individual variability in neural representations of mind-wandering.Network neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Recent advances in the neuroscience of spontaneous and off-task thought: implications for mental health.Nature. Mental health · 2023Article
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Abstract
The recent task-free approach in Cognitive Neuroscience has sparked interest in understanding the brain's default mode network (DMN). One particular mental activity that has been identified to recruit such a network is mind-wandering, which points to the functional aspect of mind-wandering as a default system. However, the phenomenological aspect of mind-wandering has been missing in the literature on brain imaging. To tackle this issue, we adopted online thought sampling while participants underwent a simple fixation task over multiple sessions in the scanner. During 10 h of scanning of each participant, over 200 mind wander episodes were labelled in each participant. With linear support vector machine classification on mind-wandering episodes with exclusive sensory content, we found that decoding accuracy in content-corresponding sensory cortices was significantly higher, indicating the neural bases of the phenomenology of mind-wandering. Unique patterns in classification were revealed in different individuals, pointing to individual variances in our phenomenal experiences.
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