Escaping the here and now: Evidence for a role of the default mode network in perceptually decoupled thought
Neuroimage December 20, 2012 Jonathan Smallwood, Christine M. Tipper, Kevin Brown et al. 145 citations
Cognition that is not based on perception can lead to at least two different outcomes. In some situations, cognition that is independent of perception can allow actions to be selected other than those prescribed by immediate perceptual input. In others, cognition can be independent of perception and unrelated to the current behavioral goal allowing thoughts to develop that are largely...