Reply to Csifcsák and Mittner: Fitting data to neural models of mind-wandering

Aaron Kucyi¹, Michael Esterman^{2

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4}, Eve M Valera^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
² Boston Attention and Learning Laboratory, Veterans Administration, Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130.
³ Neuroimaging Research for Veterans Center, Veterans Administration, Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02130.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129; eve_valera@hms.harvard.edu.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129.

Comment

Aaron Kucyi et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017.

. 2017 Jul 25;114(30):E6033.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1707780114. Epub 2017 Jul 13.

Aaron Kucyi¹, Michael Esterman^{2

3

4}, Eve M Valera^{5

6}

¹ Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
² Boston Attention and Learning Laboratory, Veterans Administration, Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130.
³ Neuroimaging Research for Veterans Center, Veterans Administration, Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02130.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129; eve_valera@hms.harvard.edu.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Spontaneous default network activity reflects behavioral variability independent of mind-wandering.
Kucyi A, Esterman M, Riley CS, Valera EM. Kucyi A, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Nov 29;113(48):13899-13904. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1611743113. Epub 2016 Nov 15. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016. PMID: 27856733 Free PMC article.
Linking brain networks and behavioral variability to different types of mind-wandering.
Csifcsák G, Mittner M. Csifcsák G, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Jul 25;114(30):E6031-E6032. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1705108114. Epub 2017 Jul 13. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017. PMID: 28705872 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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