Functional imaging: is the rest of the brain resting?

Rowland Miall; EM Robertson

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.041

Functional imaging: is the rest of the brain resting?

Rowland Miall
, EM Robertson

Psychology

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R998-R1000
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	16
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.041
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2006

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