With that said, the default mode network is another of these large-scale brain networks and it is primarily active when someone is in a wakeful rest state - so it's what's active while we're doing things like daydreaming or letting our mind-wander. But as more of these large-scale brain networks have been discovered it is leading more credence to the idea.
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Although research has been piling up in support of the network there are still some who believe these brain states can be explained with simpler ideas. By having various regions of the brain fire together we can create more complex functions - for example, our vision requires a number of regions of the brain to fire together to create what we see.īefore we get too far here I also want to mention that the Default Mode Network is fairly recent science - while ideas about the DMN go as far back as 1929, it didn't get a name until 2001.
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Let's get a little neurosciency here - brain networks are collections of brain-regions that activate together to perform various cognitive functions. I've certainly had my fair share of listening to podcasts and finding myself getting caught up on something said and then five minutes later realize that the podcast was still playing and I have no idea what they just said.Ī big part of this is what's known as the default mode network. Mind wandering is a fairly common condition with ADHD - our thoughts can kind of just take over a lead us away from what we were doing.