How to Catch a Blank Mind? Brain Similarities and Differences between Self- and Probe-Caught Mind Blanking
Agustina Aragón-Daud, Paradeisios Alexandros Boulakis, Sepehr Mortaheb, Gilles Vandewalle, Fabienne Collette, Kaustubh R. Patil, Athena Demertzi A, Federico Raimondo
The paper compares brain activity during self-caught and probe-caught mind blanking events using fMRI, finding behavioral convergence but neural divergence in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex.
bioRxiv · Sep 15, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience