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Benjamin Baird
Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications - 35
Citations - 4075
Benjamin Baird is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Non-rapid eye movement sleep & Lucid dream. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 35 publications receiving 3266 citations. Previous affiliations of Benjamin Baird include University of California, Santa Barbara & University of California.
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Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While Reducing Mind Wandering
TL;DR: Cultivating mindfulness is an effective and efficient technique for improving cognitive function, with wide-reaching consequences, and improves both GRE reading-comprehension scores and working memory capacity.
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Inspired by Distraction Mind Wandering Facilitates Creative Incubation
Benjamin Baird,Jonathan Smallwood,Michael D. Mrazek,Julia W. Y. Kam,Michael S. Franklin,Jonathan W. Schooler +5 more
TL;DR: Assessing whether performance on validated creativity problems can be facilitated by engaging in either a demanding task or an undemanding task that maximizes mind wandering suggested that engaging in simple external tasks that allow the mind to wander may facilitate creative problem solving.
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Back to the future: Autobiographical planning and the functionality of mind-wandering
TL;DR: The hypothesis that one potential function of spontaneous thought is to plan and anticipate personally relevant future goals, a process referred to as autobiographical planning is explored, which suggests that mind-wandering can enable prospective cognitive operations that are likely to be useful to the individual as they navigate through their daily lives.
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The neural correlates of dreaming
Francesca Siclari,Benjamin Baird,Lampros Perogamvros,Lampros Perogamvros,Lampros Perogamvros,Giulio Bernardi,Giulio Bernardi,Giulio Bernardi,Joshua J. LaRocque,Brady A. Riedner,Mélanie Boly,Bradley R. Postle,Giulio Tononi +12 more
TL;DR: Monitoring this posterior 'hot zone' in real time predicted whether an individual reported dreaming or the absence of dream experiences during NREM sleep, suggesting that it may constitute a core correlate of conscious experiences in sleep.
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Medial and lateral networks in anterior prefrontal cortex support metacognitive ability for memory and perception
TL;DR: The results suggest that an individual's capacity for accurate introspection in the domains of perception and memory is related to the functional integrity of unique neural networks anchored in the medial and lateral regions of the aPFC.