Mind Blanking: Why Your Brain Sometimes Hits Reset
Update: 2025-08-23
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SCI086: Is “mind blanking” your brain’s reset button? Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle reveal surprising science on this thought-free state, its link to stress, and how prayer or mindfulness might help.
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Links for this episode:
* PNAS – Neural Dynamics of Mind Blanking
* Nature Communications – Spontaneous Mind Blanking
* Live Science – When Your Mind Goes Blank
* Trends in Cognitive Sciences – Mind Blanking Review
* Science Advances – Consciousness and Brain States
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