The Cognitive Neuroscience of Thought Laboratory

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Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity Meeting

Kalina Christoff — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:05:51 +0000

Catch Kalina’s talk at the SFNC meeting this year!

http://tsfnc.org/past-conference-talks

Huffington Post

Kalina Christoff — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 01:56:42 +0000

Check out the lab’s Nature Reviews Neuroscience article in the Huffington Post!

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-brain-machinery-behind-daydreaming-1479919797?tesla=y&mod=e2tw

Here is a figure from the article:

Find out more about the role of the wandering mind, its role in creativity, and what it might tell us about mental illness.

Wall Street Journal

Kalina Christoff — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 01:19:26 +0000

Read about the lab’s Nature Reviews Neuroscience paper in the Wall Street Journal!

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-brain-machinery-behind-daydreaming-1479919797?tesla=y&mod=e2tw

Here is an excerpt from the piece:

“Other brain areas constrain and modify mind-wandering—such as parts of our prefrontal cortex, the control center of the brain. In my case, this control system may try to pull my attention back to external goals like writing my column. Or it may shape my wandering mind toward internal goals like planning what I’ll make for dinner.

Dr. Christoff and colleagues suggest that creative thought involves a special interaction between these control systems and mind-wandering.” – Alison Gopnik

The Christoff Lab is UBC Psychology’s Lab of the Month!

Kalina Christoff — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 23:19:01 +0000

Learn more about our lab and what we are currently working on!

Find our interview here: http://psych.ubc.ca/lab-of-the-month-letting-your-mind-wander-with-kalina-christoff/

Brain signatures of spontaneous thought

Kalina Christoff — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 18:04:42 +0000

Commentary by Emilie on the recent Neuroimage article “Dynamics of neural recruitment surrounding the spontaneous arising of thoughts in experienced mindfulness practitioners”.

Emilie Reas received her PhD in Neuroscience from UC San Diego, where she used fMRI to study memory. As a postdoc at UCSD, she currently studies how the brain changes with aging and disease.

http://blogs.plos.org/neuro/2016/06/07/brain-signatures-of-spontaneous-thoughts/