July 17, 2013 9:00 — 1 Comment
What Does the Brain Look Like During a Daydream? Researchers Assess ‘Resting’ Brain in Virtual Model
What does the brain look like during a daydream? Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have created a computer model to learn how the brain anatomical structure contrbutes to “resting state” brain networks, groups of brain regions with activities levels that increase and decrease in tandem when the brain is at rest. Researchers hope this model will provide insight to why certain areas of the brain work together when an individual is daydreaming or is mentally idle. The hope is that findings as a result of this project will help doctors in the diagnosis and treatment of brain injuries. Click here to read the full article.
Day dreaming and thinking is centerencephalic, the combination of reticular formation, periacquiductal and periventricular, hypothalamus and the rest of the diencephalon with their massive connection to practically to all part of the brain. This system is also involved for the creation of dream, which hits the association of occipital lobes first. That is why practically all of our dreams are visual.
Report this comment