Brain Noise Is Good: New Study Overturns Notion That Brain Noise Quiets Down With Maturity
Sunday, July 6, 2008 - 19:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Canadian scientists have shown that a noisy brain is a healthy brain. "Brain noise" is a term that has been used by neuroscientists to describe random brain activity that is not important to mental function. Intuitive notions of brain-behavior relationships would suggest that this brain noise quiets down as children mature into adults and become more efficient and consistent in their cognitive processing. But new research overturns this notion.
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