Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex supports context-dependent prioritisation of off-task thought
Nature Communications August 23, 2019 Adam Turnbull, Hao-ting Wang, Charlotte Murphy et al. 197 citations
When environments lack compelling goals, humans often let their minds wander to thoughts with greater personal relevance; however, we currently do not understand how this context-dependent prioritisation process operates. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) maintains goal representations in a context-dependent manner. Here, we show this region is involved in prioritising off-task thought in...