Woo hoo! A person in the 20's in United States wants to know, "How do day dreams work?"
Here's an answer:
The default mode network is a network known to be involved in mind-wandering, daydreaming, and related brain activity. Read More
A brain network is a set of neurons and-or brain regions which take in information from elsewhere in the brain (or from the outside world via the senses), process it as a group, and then export the info to other parts of the brain. The default mode network is a network known to be involved in mind-wandering, daydreaming, and what's known as task-free wakefulness, that is, being awake but not focused on anything in particular. It's also been associated with thinking about others (theory of mind) and thinking about the self's place in the past and future. Not so mindless, is it?
Wow, the brain is so cool!
Hey, what's the one thing you wish you knew about the brain?