Mind-Wandering in Adolescents Predicts Worse Affect and Is Linked to Aberrant Default Mode Network –Salience Network Connectivity

This study used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to investigate the affective correlates and consequences of mind-wandering in adolescents with anhedonia (AH) and typically developing (TD) controls. In addition, we examined the association between mind-wandering and resting state functional connectivity between the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), a core hub of the Default Mode Network (DMN) linked to internally-oriented mentation, and networks linked to attentional control (Dorsal Attention Network; DAN) and affect/salience detection (Salience Network; SN).
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: New Research Source Type: research