Does your brain ever feel like it switched off for a moment? That's brain blanking. My thoughts often feel like endless streams of information. That’s until someone asks me the name of a stranger I ...

Recent research reveals that a blank mind may be closer to your brain’s default setting, while thinking and imagining are add-ons. Studies show that “mind blanking” is not daydreaming but rather an ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

LIÈGE, Belgium — Those moments when your brain seemingly shuts down mid-conversation aren’t just embarrassing social hiccups or “brain farts”; neuroscientists now recognize them as “mind blanking.” ...

There's a lot that goes on inside our brains. But there are times that our minds go… well… what's the word? Blank? Reviewing available research on mind blanking ...

You know when your mind is just suddenly wiped clean and you have no idea where your thoughts have gone? Well, there’s a new study that can tell you what’s going on when this happens and it's pretty ...

Mind blanking is a common experience with a wide variety of definitions ranging from feeling "drowsy" to "a complete absence of conscious awareness." In an opinion article publishing April 24 in the ...

Jared Cooney Horvath is affiliated with the ARC-SRI Science of Learning Research Centre (SLRC) at The University of Melbourne. The SLRC is funded through a Special Research Initiative of the ...

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