Neuroscience: Idle minds (2012)

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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