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An interesting new study on mind-wandering and the default network was recently published in PNAS.
What happens to the brain when we drink alcohol? In recent years, scientists have discovered that booze works by binding to and potentiating a specific GABA receptor subtype.
Everybody wants a creative child - in theory. The reality of creativity, however, is a little more complicated, as creative thoughts tend to emerge when we're distracted, daydreaming, disinhibited and not following the rules.
I've written before about the importance of daydreaming and the so-called default, or resting state network, which seems to underlie some important features of human cognition.