Tag: Default Mode Network
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Purpose of Two Sub-States
OK we have established two sub states of Waking, Mindlessness and Mindfulness: focused and defocused waking. We are generally more productive when focussed. Generally most people see themselves appreciating their life more in mindfulness. And they are more productive too. Our bosses want our minds on our work and so do inner bosses. I noticed…
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The Preferred State
If I told you, you’d rather be in a state of blank mindlessness as opposed to full awareness, you would object. But that’s the case and I’ll prove it. You may not know that there are two separate types of waking, mindfulness and mindlessness. That was brought to light by Marcus Raichle using modern brain…
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Presence of Mind
You parked your car. Come out of the store. Do you remember where it was? Chances are you do if you were focused on that when it occurred and weren’t either distracted by something else or not focused at all. This is a basic lesson that could be taught to all people who forget things.…
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Anatomy of Default Mode
I have included the parts of the brain that are active, mainly consuming Oxygen at which time the subjects are in a state of awake, eyes closed, restful waking. Images are a sort of average over many individual subjects. The red areas are mostly in the midline in the front of the brain, the Medial…