Comments on: What happens during the brain’s ‘resting state’?

By: Chrispium

Chrispium — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:41:25 +0000

Actually Jon Kabat-Zinn has been scanning Tibetan master monks to see what happens in their brains.

By: DrDubious

DrDubious — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:07:15 +0000

It would be interesting to compare the “resting state” of an average person to that of someone trained in meditation. Such training typically begins with the instruction to quiet the “internal dialog”, which is much easier said than done.

By: Chris P. Kareem

Chris P. Kareem — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:25:46 +0000

According to some people like Zen Buddhists and Eckhart Tolle, the majority of our thinking is unnecessary. So perhaps it doesn’t serve any useful function.

By: Mr.X

Mr.X — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:52:40 +0000

Yes.

George Orwell on talent, paraphrasing the bible:
“Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must invariably be taken into account. “

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:32:55 +0000

From the original article:
“I strongly believe that there is a neurophysiological mechanism that underlies the entire thing that we call resting-state networks,”

Can you imagine a better way of sounding smart while saying nothing at all?!

By: Mr.X

Mr.X — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:26:24 +0000

Re:”what doesn’t?!”

Art.E.g just let something rot away and call it art.I have seen things like that, or planned doing it (jk, I don’t want to starve, better stay away from the commercial aspects of art).

“These wonderful pieces of art are here to expand our awareness of the unity of all things, through showcasting the fate of all things material: Decay.

Ps: Watch your children, parents! Eating that sandwhich on the left is both illegal and unhealty.”

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:18:47 +0000

what doesn’t?!

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:14:17 +0000

hehehe indeed! They MORE than prove that :-D :-d

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:09:20 +0000

You’d be dismayed if you knew what kind of “healthy” cognition passes for normal in psychological “science”.
Antikytherapy’s skepticism is the correct approach.

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:05:15 +0000

Exactly. Humans beings have a very odd definition of “resting-state”.

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:00:50 +0000

Yes.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
Yes.
Furthermore it makes you even dumber.

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:58:49 +0000

Thank you ;-)

By: Mr.X

Mr.X — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:52:31 +0000

My brain’s always at rest, my comments can prove that.

By: John

John — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:18:46 +0000

Right, it’s still active, just active less.

By: GatorALLin

GatorALLin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:17:52 +0000

….maybe one theory is that the brain has to be on to keep basic functions going (breathing/heart beats, etc) and so it does not take much more to do some basic house keeping like tasks for the brain. Maybe it is like sharks swimming that they need to keep water moving through their gills to stay alive… maybe neurons need activity to stay active and die off without enough activity… Maybe like a wired system that adjusts with use (like a muscle with use/non-use). I like to think of the sleeping brain just like my computer with the Defrag mode to clean up space and fix errors, or just compact and repair where memories considered non important get cleaned out to make room for new ones….? Interesting how short term vs. long term memories work…. what it takes to get a short term memory into long term, etc… interesting comparisons from computer to brain sometimes…. is that just a good idea and both the brain and the computer need to clean/repair?

By: GatorALLin

GatorALLin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:12:47 +0000

….darn good point…… I think it would be cool to get some monks in that could fully control their mind… I bet you would see more of a difference then….

or would be fun to watch the sleeping brain vs. the quiet brain when your awake. Then you should also see some interesting differences. I would guess that there is still a lot of things going on in the REM cycles with active dreamers.

By: Antikytherapy

Antikytherapy — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:41:11 +0000

I’m not sure just how restful you could get when lying in an fMRI, when a researcher asks you to “empty your mind”. I certainly wouldn’t be relaxed and empty-minded.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:30:26 +0000

Is there any science behind polyphasic sleep, i.e. is it dangerous or harmless?
Does the brain, get enough rest in this form of sleep?
Does it shorten the life span?
Are there any animal studies regarding polyphasic sleep?

By: Giulio Prisco

Giulio Prisco — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:27:55 +0000

Thanks Marcos. Fixed.

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:09:16 +0000

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Are you sure the URL contain so many white space, dear?