  Mind blanking is a mental state in which attention does not bring any
perceptual input into conscious awareness. As this state is still largely
unexplored, we suggest that a comprehensive understanding of mind blanking can
be achieved through a multifaceted approach combining self-assessment methods,
neuroimaging, and neuromodulation. In this article, we explain how EEG and TMS
could be combined to help determine whether mind blanking is associated with a
lack of mental content or a lack of linguistically or conceptually determinable
mental content. We also question whether mind blanking occurs spontaneously or
intentionally and whether these two forms are instantiated by the same or
different neural correlates.
