Why Awe Might Be Our Most Undervalued Emotion

Send us Fan Mail Read the article When you experience awe—whether it's staring at a starry sky, witnessing an act of extraordinary kindness, or even watching that mesmerizing slow-motion video of a droplet falling into milk—your default mode network quiets down. The default mode network is essentially your brain's "me channel." It's that constant internal chatter about your problems, your plans, your anxieties about the future and regrets about the past. It's the neural network that keeps you...