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Roberta McLain

When your mind goes 'blank,' your brain activity resembles deep sleep, scans reveal

Human brain with recorded electroencephalogram EEG illustration.

You look up from your phone screen and suddenly realize you weren't thinking about anything. It's not a lapse in memory or a daydream; it's literally a moment when you're not thinking of anything at all.

Neuroscientists have a term for it — mind blanking — which they define as a brief, waking state when conscious thought simply stops.

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