Representing representation: Integration between the temporal lobe and the posterior cingulate influences the content and form of spontaneous thought

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Smallwood, Jonathan ^a   Karapanagiotidis, Theodoros ^a   Ruby, Florence ^a   Medea, Barbara ^a,b   Caso, Irene De ^a   Konishi, Mahiko ^a   Wang, Hao Ting ^a   Hallam, Glyn ^a   Margulies, Daniel S ^c   Jefferies, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; HUMAN; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; PLANT SEED; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING;

EID: 84963645407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152272     Document Type: Article

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