WaterCooler Neuroscience

BTAB S1, EP1 – Can rats daydream?


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Introducing Brains Talking About Brains, a series where WaterCooler Neuroscience host Wilf Nelson and psychologist and practitioner Jordana Adler meet you at their virtual conference to talk about psychology old and new to show you what a psychologist sees. The first episode of this new series is talking about rats and if they have a network formally called the Default Mode Network. In humans this network can do introspection, reflection, daydreaming and many of the most complex and deep tasks which many consider 'the most human'. This network however has also been proposed in rats. What does that mean though? Are rats daydreaming and philosophizing or do we need a psychologist perspective to see how the same kind of network may do very different things in human vs rat brains? Tune in to find out and see what a psychologist sees.
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WaterCooler NeuroscienceBy Wilf Nelson

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