Brain Inspired cover image

BI 156 Mariam Aly: Memory, Attention, and Perception

Brain Inspired

CHAPTER

Is Lower Activity Better or Less Better?

Lower activity, more stability might mean more efficient processing or kind of silencing of irrelevant information. Here is where I think it's really important that we not just focus on fMRI, but the convergence of results from fMRI and other methods. So for example, if fMRI told you that the hippocampus seemed to be disengaged by a particular task, but then hippocampal lesion patients cannot perform while on that task,. Does it mean that less activity is disengagement?

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner