How spontaneous brain activity keeps you alive - Nathan S. Jacobs
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-spontaneous-brain-activity-keeps-you-alive-nathan-s-jacobs The wheels in your brain are constantly turning, even when you're asleep or not paying...
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You probably don't need to be told how important your brain is. After all, every single thing you experience, your thoughts and your actions, your perceptions and your memories are processed here in your body's control center. But if this already seems like a lot for a single organ to handle, it's actually only a small part of what the brain does. Most of its activities are ones you'd never be aware of, unless they suddenly stopped. The brain is made up of billions of neurons, and trillions of connections. Neurons can be activated by specific stimuli or thoughts, but they are also often spontaneously active. Some fire cyclically in a set pattern. Others fire rapidly in short bursts before switching off, or remain quiet for ...
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You probably don't need to be told how important your brain is. After all, every single thing you experience, your thoughts and your actions, your perceptions and your memories are processed here in your body's control center. But if this already seems like a lot for a single organ to handle, it's actually only a small part of what the brain does. Most of its activities are ones you'd never be aware of, unless they suddenly stopped. The brain is made up of billions of neurons, and trillions of connections. Neurons can be activated by specific stimuli or thoughts, but they are also often spontaneously active. Some fire cyclically in a set pattern. Others fire rapidly in short bursts before switching off, or remain quiet for ...
