The ebb and flow of attention: Between-subject variation in intrinsic connectivity and cognition associated with the dynamics of ongoing experience

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 185; no. 1; pp. 286 - 299
• Main Authors: Turnbull, Adam, Wang, Hao-Ting, Schooler, Jonathan W., Jefferies, Elizabeth, Margulies, Daniel S., Smallwood, Jonathan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.01.2019; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier
• Subjects: Attention; Attention - physiology; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping - methods; Cognition; Cognition & reasoning; Cognition - physiology; Cognitive science; Cortex (motor); Creativity; Female; Humans; Information processing; Laboratories; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Nerve Net - physiology; Neural networks; Neuroscience; Neurosciences; Occipital lobe; Short term memory; Studies; Variation; Visual cortex; Young Adult

Cognition is dynamic, allowing us the flexibility to shift focus from different aspects of the environment, or between internally- and externally-oriented trains of thought. Although we understand how individuals switch attention across different tasks, the neurocognitive processes that underpin the...