A Neural Model of Mind Wandering

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 570-578

  Mittner, Matthias ^a   Hawkins, Guy E ^b   Boekel, Wouter ^b   Forstmann, Birte U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adaptive gain theory; default mode network; gain modulation.; locus coeruleus; mind wandering; norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

NOREPINEPHRINE;

ADAPTIVE GAIN; DEFAULT-MODE NETWORKS; GAIN MODULATION; LOCUS COERULEUS; MIND WANDERING;

NEURONS;

NORADRENALIN;

COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; NEUROMODULATION; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WANDERING BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; THINKING;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET; THINKING;

EID: 84977645244     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2016.06.004     Document Type: Review

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