Why thinking of nothing can be so tiring: Brain wolfs energy to stop thinking

Monday, September 20, 2010 - 20:21 in Biology & Nature

Mathematicians have found that the brain uses a substantial amount of energy to halt the flow of information between neurons. Maybe that's part of the reason thinking of nothing can be so tiring.

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