Brain's 'autopilot' mode lets you stop thinking

• Autores: Jessica Hamzelou
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3149, 2017, pág. 9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Brain scans have revealed that when your mind wanders, it switches into "autopilot" mode, enabling you to do tasks quickly, accurately and without conscious thought. This autopilot mode seems to be run by a set of brain structures called the default mode network. It was discovered in the 1990s, when scans revealed that people show patterns of brain activity even when they aren't really doing anything.