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Re:Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012) by afturkrull on Sunday March 07, 2021 @09:45PM (#26381866)
"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.

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Re:Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012) by johnsmith4739 on Monday March 08, 2021 @01:30PM (#26389548)
The conclusion is as moronic as the rest of the article. Every single organ in the body "truly rests" only when dead.
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Re:Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012) by wombatmobile on Sunday March 07, 2021 @02:56PM (#26379167)
How do they distinguish between resting state and non-resting state?

In monkeys?

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Re:Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012) by neatze on Sunday March 07, 2021 @07:03PM (#26381012)
Electroencephalography (EEG) records different brain waves based on brain alertness state.
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Re:Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012) by wombatmobile on Monday March 08, 2021 @06:15AM (#26384501)
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.

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