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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.65,0:00:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's going on inside your head\Nwhen your mind wanders?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.36,0:00:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While it may feel\Nlike flipping on a screensaver,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.81,0:00:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our brain is still very much at work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.88,0:00:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, a particular group\Nof brain regions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.08,0:00:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually increase in activity\Nwhenever we are not focused on a task.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.35,0:00:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is known\Nas the default mode network.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.20,0:00:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the functional connections\Ntypically include:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.53,0:00:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the medial prefrontal cortex,\Nmedial parietal cortex,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.03,0:00:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and medial temporal lobes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.78,0:00:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is still much debate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.11,0:00:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to what these cortical\Nassociations mean, if anything at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.02,0:00:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One theory implicates them\Nin introspection and mind wandering,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.14,0:00:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,essentially our stream of consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.53,0:00:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This includes any thoughts\Nnot directly associated
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.08,0:00:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the immediate external environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.57,0:00:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much of our waking hours are composed\Nof stimulus independent thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.99,0:00:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it be daydreaming,\Nplanning out our future actions,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.29,0:00:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,revisiting memories, or just listening\Nto yourself buried out your day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.35,0:01:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another theory posits\Nthat the network's activity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.69,0:01:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the brain's baseline of processing\Nand information maintenance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.35,0:01:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Separate from conscious thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.98,0:01:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these activations represent
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.42,0:01:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how our brains consolidate experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.47,0:01:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prepare to react to the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.00,0:01:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're exposed to a constant stream
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.86,0:01:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of information from our surroundings,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.65,0:01:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so maybe\Nthe default mode network activations
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.93,0:01:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are somehow in charge\Nof making sense of it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.79,0:01:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But though neuroscientists\Nhaven't completely agreed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.29,0:01:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what the default mode activations mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.48,0:01:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's clear that resting state research
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.38,0:01:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is bursting with potential\Nand applicability.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.91,0:01:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Various psychological disorders,\Nincluding ADHD, schizophrenia,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.93,0:01:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,autism, and Alzheimer's,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.48,0:01:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exhibit different types\Nof abnormal functioning
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.75,0:01:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the default mode network.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.70,0:01:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, there are\Nmany interesting directions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.12,0:01:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take resting state research:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.65,0:01:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from picking apart\Nthe neural correlates of consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.48,0:01:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to uncovering better ways to detect,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.41,0:01:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understand, and maybe even treat,\Npsychological disorders.