Functional imaging: is the resting brain resting?
It is often assumed that the human brain only becomes active to support overt behaviour. A new study challenges this concept by showing that multiple neural circuits are engaged even at rest. We highlight two complementary hypotheses which seek to explain the function of this resting activity.
Miall
R Chris
RC
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. r.c.miall@bham.ac.uk
Robertson
Edwin M
EM
D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011336:Probability; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology