Researchers from Osaka University find that mind wandering, especially when associated with less pleasurable and more vivid and imaginative self-generated thoughts, is associated with a specific ...

Part of what makes us human is our ability to think about people, places, or events that aren't currently present - but we still don't know exactly how our brains do this. Now, researchers from Osaka ...

Researchers have found that a specific pattern of brain activity, known as 'sharp-wave ripples,' is associated with thoughts that wander from the present situation. This activity begins in the ...