Mapping Content and Dynamics in the Stream of Consciousness: a Latent Brain State Analysis
Yuhua Yu, Quentin Raffaelli, Delaney Freveletti et al. preprint
Human thoughts often arise unprompted, forming a stream of consciousness. Despite their ubiquity, it remains unknown how the brain supports unprompted thoughts as an integrated experience encompassing diverse content embedded in rich temporal dynamics. Using latent brain state modelling of fMRI data collected while individuals spoke aloud their unprompted thoughts, we identified recurring...