The default mode network (DMN) is a set of widely distributed brain regions in the parietal,
temporal and frontal cortex. These regions often show reductions in activity during attention …

Discoveries over the past two decades demonstrate that regions distributed throughout the
association cortex, often called the default network, are suppressed during tasks that …

" Our thoughts are meaningful. We think about things in the outside world; how can that be
so? This is one of the deepest questions in contemporary philosophy. Ever since …

Many emojis symbolize nonverbal cues that are used during face-to-face communication.
Despite their popularity, few studies have examined how emojis influence digital …

People are often aware of their mistakes, and report levels of confidence in their choices that
correlate with objective performance. These metacognitive assessments of decision quality …

Loneliness and social isolation markedly increase mortality risk, and are linked to numerous
mental and physical comorbidities, including sleep disruption. But does sleep loss causally …

We meta-analyzed imaging studies on theory of mind and formed individual task groups
based on stimuli and instructions. Overlap in brain activation between all task groups was …

Alcoholism is a complex and dynamic disease, punctuated by periods of abstinence and
relapse, and influenced by a multitude of vulnerability factors. Chronic excessive alcohol …

Abstract Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have basic motor impairments in
balance, gait, and coordination as well as autism-specific impairments in praxis/motor …

Although sensory processing challenges have been noted since the first clinical descriptions
of autism, it has taken until the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical …