Brain signatures of spontaneous thought

Commentary by Emilie on the recent Neuroimage article “Dynamics of neural recruitment surrounding the spontaneous arising of thoughts in experienced mindfulness practitioners”. 

Emilie Reas received her PhD in Neuroscience from UC San Diego, where she used fMRI to study memory. As a postdoc at UCSD, she currently studies how the brain changes with aging and disease. 

 http://blogs.plos.org/neuro/2016/06/07/brain-signatures-of-spontaneous-thoughts/