What Is the Default Mode Network? The default mode network (DMN) is a system of connected brain areas that show increased activity when a person is not focused on what is happening around them. The ...

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 ...

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, ...

As we go through life, our brains run different processing modes. Some—the attention and sensory systems—result in very ...

Recent studies highlight the brain's default mode network (DMN) as a key player in overthinking, or rumination, which traps ...

Expert Matt Zemon on how new therapies change the way our brains work. Has there been a psychedelic surge lately, or is it just me? Throughout my time in college, I swear I couldn't go one day without ...

Researchers identify the rostral prefrontal cortex as the essential bridge between spontaneous and executive brain networks ...