Meta-awareness, mind-wandering, and the control of 'default' external and internal orientations of attention
Isaac Ray Christian, Samuel A. Nastase, Lauren K. Kim, Michael S. A. Graziano
This study investigates how internal and external default attention modes interact by measuring brain activity during naturalistic video viewing and internal focus tasks, finding overlapping fronto-parietal networks involved in transitions between these states.
Communications Biology · Jun 24, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience