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coldtea
on Dec 6, 2016
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Portions of the brain fall asleep and wake back up...
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If our brains would work fully all the time, our head would boil and explode. I don't see how this is so new.
Citation needed.
desireco42
on Dec 6, 2016
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I was referring the energy usage of the brain. It is never all used at the same time, just a small portion, but that doesn't mean other parts are not used, just they are all turned on and off.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/thinking-hard-cal...
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Citation needed.