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Dr. Andrews-Hanna collaborated as a guest editor on this special issue of Current Opinion in Behavioral Science: Functions of the Default Mode Network

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Read some wonderful articles for our special issue of Frontiers on mind-wandering! 

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Some news/magazines featuring our work

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2025- Arizona Science, NPR: Investigating the imaginative part of the human brain

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2024- University of Arizona News: Building a flexible and creative mindset: U of A expert discuss LEGO's impact on adults

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2024- Time Magazine: How to be more spontaneous as a busy adult

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2024- University of Arizona News: Understanding the brain science behind giving and receiving gifts

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2024- Arizona Science, NPR, Flandrau Science Center: How the mind keeps active during the brain's "down time" part of the "Universe of Science" Exhibit

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2023- SciTechDaily: New study reveals how creativity can save you from boredom

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2023- Earth.com: Creative people make the most out of their idle time

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2023- PsyPost: This is what happens to your mind when you focus on the negative

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2021- KVOA News 4 Tucson: UArizona psychologists study how difficulties in romantic relations affect mental health

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2021- UA News: What Our Wandering Thoughts Can Teach Us About Mental Health

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2021 - AZ Public Media: University of Arizona researchers search for meaning behind idle thoughts

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2021- WebMD: What Turns Wandering Thoughts into Something Worse?

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2021- VeryWell Health: This Is What Happens to Your Mind When You Focus On the Negative

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2020 - Elemental: “A simple insight to help worriers rein in anxious thoughts”

 

2020 - Arizona Daily Star: “Mind Window: An App to See Inside the Mind”

 

2017 - Science Daily: “Brain imaging reveals roots of caring”

 

2016 - Science Daily: “Understanding mind-wandering could shed light on mental illness”

 

2016 - UC Berkeley News: “Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck?”

 

2015 - Universitas Newspaper: “La Tankere Fare” ("Leave your mind danger” ) U. of Oslo

 

2014 - Science Daily: “Pain from rejection, physical pain may not be so similar after all”

 

2012 - The Dana Foundation: “The Default Network: Your Mind on its Own Time”

 

2010 - Science Illustrated: “Broken Dreams”

 

2010 - Scienceline: “Contemplating Oneness: The Neuroscience of Meditation”

 

2009 - Boston Globe: “Daydream Achiever”

 

2008 - Washington Post: “Aging Gracefully – It’s a Real Workout”

 

2008 - Harvard Magazine: “The Aging Brain”

 

2008 - BBC News: “Normal Ageing ‘Can Addle Brain’”

 

2007 - Scientific American: “Partial Recall: Why Memory Fades with Age”