Sublime

The default mode network (DMN) is now believed to be where the neurological basis for the self is housed.

System 2 (slow) processes require conscious, step-by-step thought.

Take a look at people walking down the street, driving in their cars, eating alone in restaurants and cafes. Not so long ago, these people wouldn’t be doing anything else. Their minds would wander and they would daydream; their DMN would be active, and, although they were totally unaware of it, they would be tagging recent memories for processing l

One of the leading researchers in this area is Donna Rose Addis, Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory and Aging and a senior scientist at the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto. Her work has redefined the function of episodic memory as being ‘primarily future-focused’, and she recently discovered that some parts of the hippoc

Foundation for the Study of Personality in History,

We strive to fit the events of our lives into a cohesive story that accounts for our circumstances, the things that befall us, and the choices we make.

Distracted

System 2 is mobilized when a question arises for which System 1 does not offer an answer,

To Learn, Retrieve