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The Brain Has a ‘Low-Power Mode’ That Blunts Our Senses | Quanta Magazine
New research from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging suggests that fasting is able to “tune” synaptic activity, giving these high-activity connection points a rest as an energy conservation measure.
Paul Grewal • Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (Genius Living Book 1)
Your brain doesn’t want to pay the energy cost of spiking neurons, so the goal is to reconfigure the network to waste as little power as possible.
David Eagleman • Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
In stark contrast to this misperception, neuroscientists have recently discovered that parts of the brain can fall asleep for a few moments or longer without our realizing it. At any given moment, some circuits in the brain may be off-line, slumbering,
Daniel J. Levitin • The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Fasted and low-carb states lend themselves to alertness. Carb-rich states lend themselves to calmness and sleepiness.