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  Insulation for daydreams: A role for tonic norepinephrine in the facilitation of internally guided thought

Smallwood, J., Brown, K. S., Baird, B., Mrazek, M. D., Franklin, M. S., & Schooler, J. W. (2012). Insulation for daydreams: A role for tonic norepinephrine in the facilitation of internally guided thought. PLoS One, 7(4): e33706. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033706.

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Smallwood, Jonathan1, Author           
Brown, Kevin S.2, Author
Baird, Benjamin3, Author
Mrazek, Michael D.3, Author
Franklin, Michael S.3, Author
Schooler, Janathan W.3, Author
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1Department Social Neuroscience, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society, ou_634552              
2Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, ou_persistent22              
3Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: Although consciousness can be brought to bear on both perceptual and internally generated information, little is known about how these different cognitive modes are coordinated. Here we show that between-participant variance in thoughts unrelated to the task being performed (known as task unrelated thought, TUT) is associated with longer response times (RT) when target presentation occurs during periods when baseline Pupil Diameter (PD) is increased. As behavioral interference due to high baseline PD can reflect increased tonic activity in the norepinephrine system (NE), these results might implicate high tonic NE activity in the facilitation of TUTs. Based on these findings, it is hypothesised that high tonic mode NE leads to a generalised de-amplification of task relevant information that prioritses internally generated thought and insulates it from the potentially disruptive events taking place in the external environment.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2012-04-06
 Publication Status: Published online
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033706
PMID: 22493672
PMC: PMC3320890
Other: Epub 2012
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Title: PLoS One
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 7 (4) Sequence Number: e33706 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 1932-6203
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/1000000000277850