Wandering Minds: The Default Network and Stimulus-Independent Thought

By Malia F. Mason, Michael I. Norton, J. V. Horn, Daniel M. Wegner, Scott T. Grafton, C. N. Macrae. Science, 2007

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Reduced resting-state brain activity in the "default network" in normal aging. (2008, methodology): “A recent study showed results consistent with this hypothesis, demonstrating an association between the DMN and mind wandering (i.e., spontaneous/ stimulus independent/task-unrelated thoughts) (Mason et al. 2007).”
Lapses in sustained attention and their relation to executive control and fluid abilities: An individual differences investigation (2010, background): “Mason et al. (2007) found that greater self-reports of mind wandering (i.e., lapses of attention) were related to greater activity in the " default-mode " network.”
The effect of scan length on the reliability of resting-state fMRI connectivity estimates (2013, neutral): “These fluctua- 50 tions are believed to reflect synchronized variations in spontaneous neu- 51 ronal firing and unconstrained mental activity (e.g., mind wandering) 52 (Biswal et al., 1995; Fox and Raichle, 2007; Mason et al., 2007).”
Toward a Dual-Systems Model of What Makes Life Worth Living (2013, background): “…(b) focus exclusively on the positive aspects of life (Baumeister, 1989; Baumeister, Bratslavsky, Finkenhaur, & Vohs, 2001; Oettingen & Mayer, 2002); and (c) ignore the “neutral resting” state, a state wherein one is not actively engaged in problem solving or goal striving (Mason et al., 2007).”
Dynamic functional connectivity of the default mode network tracks daydreaming (2014, background): “However, it is possible that individuals with a greater general tendency to daydream were mind-wandering more frequently during these scans (Mason et al., 2007), and that these FC differences reflect unconscious, intrinsic brain organization, perhaps related to personality or previous experiences ra”
Beyond Feeling: Chronic Pain Hurts the Brain, Disrupting the Default-Mode Network Dynamics (2008, result): “3, left) replicate very closely the DMN described at rest (Raichle et al., 2001; Fox et al., 2005; Raichle, 2006; Mason et al., 2007), a finding consistent with observations already showing that in minimally demanding tasks brain functional connectivity approximates the functional connectivity seen…”
Exploring the brain network: a review on resting-state fMRI functional connectivity. (2010, background): “Activity and connectivity of the default mode network have been linked to core process of human cognition, including the integration of cognitive and emotional processing (Greicius et al., 2003), monitoring the world around us (Gusnard et al., 2001) and mind-wandering (Mason et al., 2007).”
Patterns of Brain Activity Supporting Autobiographical Memory, Prospection, and Theory of Mind, and Their Relationship to the Default Mode Network (2010, background): “2 1 2 8 2 . p d f b y g u e s t o n 1 8 M a y 2 0 2 1 Downloaded from http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/jocn.2009.21282 by guest on 09 March 2022 Buckner, 2008; Mason et al., 2007), we remain unsure what people do while resting.”
Investigating the Phenomenological Matrix of Mindfulness-related Practices from a Neurocognitive Perspective (2015, background): “The function of the default mode has been related to participants’ spontaneous thoughts or mind-wandering (Fox et al., 2015; Mason et al., 2007).”
Paying Attention to Mindfulness and Its Effects on Task Performance in the Workplace (2011, methodology): “This view of mind wandering is consistent with standard use of the term wandering and is thus grounded in evidence that the human mind tends to wander quite extensively and widely in many situations (Mason et al., 2007).”
The gateway hypothesis of rostral prefrontal cortex (area 10) function. (2007, background): “[ 56 ]). Moreover, there are other potentially relevant findings where a synthesis might be possible (e.g.”
The Unengaged Mind (2012, background): “…a participant is not currently occupied with a specific external task, but rather engages in spontaneous mental activities such as daydreaming or other associative thought processes (Bar, Aminoff, Mason, & Fenske, 2007; Mason et al., 2007; see Buckner, AndrewsHanna, & Schacter, 2008, for a review).”