“…However, the finding that both the anterior PFC, a region previously linked to multitasking (34)(35)(36)(37), and the dorsal ACC, a region closely linked to conflict detection (32,(38)(39)(40), were more active when subjects were unaware of their own mind wandering, suggests that the third possibility may be most likely, namely, that executive recruitment reflects, at least in part, the presence of conflict inherent to the content of mind wandering. This possibility would also be consistent with observations that the content of mind wandering is closely related to current personal concerns and unresolved matters (41)(42)(43).…”