Functional dissociation of ventral frontal and dorsomedial default mode network components during resting state and emotional autobiographical recall
Human Brain Mapping November 6, 2013 Patrícia Bado, Annerose Engel, Ricardo de Oliveira‐souza et al. 49 citations
Humans spend a substantial share of their lives mind-wandering. This spontaneous thinking activity usually comprises autobiographical recall, emotional, and self-referential components. While neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that a specific brain "default mode network" (DMN) is consistently engaged by the "resting state" of the mind, the relative contribution of key cognitive components...