Prediction of stimulus-independent and task-unrelated thought from functional brain networks

People spend much of their daily lives thinking about things that are unrelated to their immediate environment. Using fMRI, Kucyi et al. show that occurrence of these “stimulus-independent” thoughts can be predicted from a complex pattern of coordinated activity between distinct parts of the brain....

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Main Authors: Aaron Kucyi, Michael Esterman, James Capella, Allison Green, Mai Uchida, Joseph Biederman, John D. E. Gabrieli, Eve M. Valera, Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22027-0