Buzzed Brains

What is the brain doing when it seems to be not doing anything? That confusing question is at the core of Anzar's work on what researchers call the default mode network. We talk imaging brains, what this data can tell us, and why you should care. Suggested Reading: What a 'resting brain' means: https://www.wired.com/2016/12/watch-brain-flicker-activity-rests/ New boundaries of the brain: https://www.wired.com/2016/07/new-map-brain-redraws-boundaries-neuroscience/ Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Follow Anzar Abbas: @anzabbas Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing