Figure 4: The Brain Networks Respectively Involved in Controlling Attention (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Figure 4: The Brain Networks Respectively Involved in Controlling Attention

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The brain networks respectively involved in controlling attention towards the deceased (red) and representing the deceased (blue). During a 10-minute period of mind-wandering, avoidant grievers engaged the control network to block representations activated in the representation network from reaching consciousness.

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