Category: 2010
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The Decade of Attention Begins
Somewhere around 2010 or 2011, a small, specific gesture became part of daily life for millions of people: the reflexive glance down at a phone, often before there was even a reason to check it. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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Smartphone-Based Experience Sampling: How a Pocket-Sized Device Rewired the Study of Everyday Happiness
How a 2010 iPhone app turned smartphones into scientific tools, revealing that a wandering mind predicts unhappiness more than daily activities do. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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Default Mode Network Research: How Scientists Discovered What the Brain Does When It’s “Doing Nothing”
Discover how the 2001 discovery of the Default Mode Network transformed neuroscience’s understanding of rest, daydreaming, memory, and the wandering mind. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind
A 2010 Harvard study used smartphones to track real-time happiness, revealing that a wandering mind, not the activity itself, predicts how happy we feel. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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Attention Networks: How the Brain Decides What Matters
How the brain’s attention networks work, from Posner and Petersen’s landmark model to why focus feels harder in a distraction-filled world. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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How Emotion Shapes Memory: The Neuroscience of the Amygdala and Hippocampus
How emotional arousal, stress hormones, the amygdala, and the hippocampus work together to make some memories last a lifetime while others fade. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
