What your brain is doing when you're not doing anything

Fasinating article that even talks about prospective firing neurons, hinting at layered frequencies, my new fav.

It turns out that brains at rest are pretty restless, consuming far more energy than they do when doing.More interesting, “resting” activity is not random, but highly coherent, consistent, and predictable. It has even been suggested that resting state activity holds the key (cue deep voice and echo effect) to understanding consciousness itself. (…)  Now, when neuroscientists start brandishing the C word, there are two predictable reactions: increased public interest and attention; and increased scientific scrutiny and criticism. VIA