Moshe Bar

The default network and the combination of cognitive processes that mediate self-generated thought.

Nature Human Behaviour December 4, 2017 Vadim Axelrod, Geraint Rees, Moshe Bar

Self-generated cognitions, such as recalling personal memories or empathizing with others, are ubiquitous and essential for our lives. Such internal mental processing is ascribed to the Default Mode Network, a large network of the human brain, though the underlying neural and cognitive mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we tested the hypothesis that our mental experience is mediated by...