The Critical Role of the Hippocampus in Mind Wandering

The last decade has seen an increase in studies investigating the neural correlates of mind wandering. Many studies have implicated the default network (DN), particularly the medial temporal lobe (MTL) subsystem of the DN (DNMTL), as a primary network activated when someone's mind is wandering ([

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