New research highlights the brain’s default mode network (DMN) as a key driver of personal identity, integrating memories, beliefs, and emotions into a unique sense of self. Using fMRI scans, ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Whenever you’re actively performing a task—say, lifting weights at the gym or taking a hard exam—the parts of your brain required to ...
As you read this, in the background—or perhaps the foreground—is the wandering mind. This basal activity may be best represented in current neuroscience by the Default Mode Network (DMN). The DMN is ...
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