Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012)

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Post by fremden » Sun, Mar 07, 2021, 6:00 PM UTC

Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012)
nature.com

Re: Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012)

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Post by wombatmobile » Sun, Mar 07, 2021, 7:56 PM UTC

How do they distinguish between resting state and non-resting state?

In monkeys?

Re: Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012)

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Post by neatze » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 12:03 AM UTC

wombatmobile wrote: post #2

How do they distinguish between resting state and non-resting state? In monkeys?

Electroencephalography (EEG) records different brain waves based on brain alertness state.

Re: Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012)

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Post by afturkrull » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 2:45 AM UTC

"Neuroscientists are trying to work out why the brain does so much when it seems to be doing nothing at all."

Because it's busy maintain a 3D model of it's surrounding environment. When the brain is deprived of such stimulus, in sleep, it is provided through dreams.

Re: Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012)

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Post by wombatmobile » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 11:15 AM UTC

neatze wrote: post #3

wombatmobile wrote: post #2

How do they distinguish between resting state and non-resting state? In monkeys?

Electroencephalography (EEG) records different brain waves based on brain alertness state.

That sounds backwards. Isn't the experiment supposed to measure the brain state of a resting mind, and then measure the brain state of an engaged mind, and compare the results?

Otherwise it's a truism.

Re: Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012)

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Post by johnsmith4739 » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 6:30 PM UTC

The conclusion is as moronic as the rest of the article. Every single organ in the body "truly rests" only when dead.