The Default Mode Network and the Problem of Determining Intrinsic Mental Contents

Abstract

We provide a brief overview of the shift toward the intrinsic view of brain activity, describing in particular the structural and functional connectivity patterns of the “Default mode network” (part I). We then consider the Default mode network in a specifically cognitive setting and ask what changes the focus on the Default mode network and other sorts of intrinsic activity require from models put forward by cognitive neuroscientists (part II).

Keywords

• default mode network
• intrinsic mental contents
• resting state networks
• cognitive neuroscience
• reactive paradigm in neuroscience