When your mind is wandering, your brain’s “default mode” network is active. Its discovery 20 years ago inspired a raft of research into networks of brain regions and how they interact with each other.

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 ...

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 ...

A new study published in Nature Neuroscience sheds light on the structural foundations of the brain’s default mode network, a system of regions long associated with internally focused thought, memory, ...

Childhood trauma, a monumental occurrence in adolescence that can affect personality development into adulthood and beyond, is a subject of extensive research. Its implications are a hot topic through ...