Experts told what the brain in moments of relaxation

It is proved that our brain never rests.

When we sleep, he continues to work in passive mode, processing the information that we receive from the outside world.

FACT. Cognitive science deals with study of cognitive and mental processes that occur in the human brain. It began to emerge in the 30 — 40-ies of the last century. Scientists of that time tried to establish and understand the basic principles of the mind. In 1970 — 1980th years the majority of cognitive studies took place in the framework of study artificial intelligence. Cognitive science is directly connected with the development of modern technology, because new technologies allow more detailed study of the human brain and the processes that occur there.

The work of the BRAIN during rest. This is a fairly new topic in science, since during the twentieth century scientists believed that when we rest, our brain does nothing. That is, if we do not solve any of the cognitive tasks, those parts of the brain that are responsible for these functions do not work. And only in the last few decades we have learned that when we perform some mathematical task or to parse complex text, our brain consumes only 5% more energy than when doing nothing. In that moment, when we rest, it continues to use 20% of the energy produced by our body.

What consumes energy when we don’t do any cognitive tasks? The thing is that as soon as we begin to dream, or give rein to the flow of thoughts, just aktiviziruyutsya passive mode of operation of the brain. Is some activation of the neural networks of the brain. Passive mode aktiviziruyutsya for a split second, even when we blink.

We don’t know exactly how it works passive mode of the brain. However, scientists are watching the results of his work. The most famous is the concept of “inspiration”. In passive mode, the brain may use completely different information stored in it and to handle it with completely different sides. It can this information to synthesize, to make a deep and complex analysis of that information.

ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT of research work passive mode of the brain is that passive mode helps us to stick to our moral and ethical code and to understand who we are as a person. Irregularities in the mode of operation passive mode, usually associated with mental disorders (schizophrenia, autism).

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO RELAX. Modern studies prove that to work, always concentrating on any sphere, is only half the battle. This success is impossible without the passive functioning of the brain. So the rest this is not some privilege, but a basic need in order to perform complex work.

In the FUTURE, technological progress will enable humanity to study and understand all the processes occurring in our brain. Now we have only a partial picture of the majority of processes.

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