Seventyyearslater, a teamatWashingtonUniversityfoundanintriguingpatternofbrainactivityinneuroimagingstudiesofsubjectsperformingactivetasks, likereadingaloud.
Brainnetworksworklike a symphony, a complexarrangementofcoordinatedindividualpartswhichcometogethertoperform a specificfunction, whichtheycouldn't producealone.
Menonhasdeveloped a theorythat a disruptiontothedynamicbetweentheDMN, thesaliencenetwork, and a thirdbrainnetworkplays a rolein a rangeofpsychiatricdisorders, includingschizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, anddepression.
Insomesense, theDMNiswhere I think, andweneedcertainly a lotmoreevidence, iswhereallofthesecriticalcomponentscometogethertocreate a unifyingsenseoftheself.
ある意味、DMNは、これらの重要な構成要素が集まって自己の統一感を生み出す場所だと思う。
Thedefaultmodenetworkenablesustoweavetogetheraninternalnarrative, a storyofwhowearethatshapeshowweperceiveourselvesandinteractwithothers.