Default Mode Contributions to Automated Information Processing

Deniz Vatansever; David K Menon; Emmanuel A Stamatakis

doi:10.1073/pnas.1710521114

Default Mode Contributions to Automated Information Processing

Deniz Vatansever, David K Menon, Emmanuel A Stamatakis

Psychology

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Abstract

Concurrent with mental processes that require rigorous computation and control, a series of automated decisions and actions govern our daily lives, providing efficient and adaptive responses to environmental demands. Using a cognitive flexibility task, we show that a set of brain regions collectively known as the default mode network play a crucial role in such “autopilot” behavior, i.e. when rapidly selecting appropriate responses under predictable behavioral contexts. While applying learned rules, the default mode network shows both greater activity and connectivity. Furthermore, functional interactions between this network and hippocampal, parahippocampal areas as well as primary visual cortex correlate with the speed of accurate responses. These findings indicate a memory-based “autopilot role” for the default mode network, which may have important implications for our current understanding of healthy and adaptive brain processing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1710521114
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 28 Sept 2017

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