Sleeping While Awake? Scientists Unravel the Mystery of What Happens When Your Mind Blanks

Image credit: Leeloo The First via Pexels. Article by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry. The Debrief – April 27, 2025. Paper: Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

Many people experience the phenomenon of mind blanking: you’re in the middle of a task, reading a sentence, or just staring off into space, when suddenly, you realize you weren’t thinking about anything at all. Your mind, it seems, just went blank.But what exactly is “mind blanking”? And is it the same as daydreaming or zoning out? […]

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