Name and describe three of the brain’s networks. For each network, describe a specific instance of a situation from the past day or two in which the network may have been especially active in your brain.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Default or intrinsic network. Involved in internal processing that does not require sensory input. Example situation: Allowing one’s mind to wander on a city bus or commuter train; allowing one’s thoughts to drift when one first goes to bed.
Salience network: Monitors and notes important changes in biological and cognitive systems. Example situation: Suddenly realizing one is hungry at 1:30 in the afternoon; one’s thoughts turn to food and where to get it.
Central executive network: Involved in planning, goal setting, directing attention, and inhibiting impulses. Example situation: Writing a to-do list for the day, planning to set a goal of reading
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