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Science 6 July 2007:
Vol. 317. no. 5834, p. 43
DOI: 10.1126/science.1141078
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Response to Comment on "Wandering Minds: The Default Network and Stimulus-Independent Thought"

Malia F. Mason,1*{dagger} Michael I. Norton,2 John D. Van Horn,3 Daniel M. Wegner,4 Scott T. Grafton,5 C. Neil Macrae6

Gilbert et al. suggest that activity in the default network may be due to the emergence of stimulus-oriented rather than stimulus-independent thought. Although both kinds of thought likely emerge during familiar tasks, we argue—and report data suggesting—that stimulus-independent thought dominates unconstrained cognitive periods.

1 Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
2 Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02163, USA.
3 Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
4 Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
5 Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
6 School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, Scotland.

* Present address: Columbia University, Uris Hall, 3022 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA.

{dagger} To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: malia.mason{at}mail.gsb.columbia.edu

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)