Task-positive network
The task-positive network is a brain network primarily composed of the IPS and frontal eye fields. It is named and most known for its role in voluntary orienting of visuospatial attention. As the IPS and frontal eye fields were noticed to be activated during many attention-demanding tasks. It is referred to as the task-positive network contrast it with the task-negative network, or the default mode network. They sit in a kind of see-saw relationship with each other; when one is active, the other goes quiet, and vice versa.
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Pollan, Micheal. (2018). How to Change Your Mind Chapter 5. The Neuroscience of Your Brain on Psychedelics (Location 4132). New York, NY: Penguin Random House.
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