Mind blanking: Study shows how the brain ‘sleeps’ when it goes blank

The mind is not supposed to stop working, even unconsciously. It is not easy to leave it empty. However, there are times when it suddenly goes blank; when there is no way to recover the thread of what we were saying; when whatever was previously in our head cannot be recovered even as a vague thought or idea. Now, several researchers have put together everything that is known about this phenomenon and argue that, in these cases, there is a specific and distinct pattern of brain activity that resembles what happens when we sleep. According to these experts, these mental lapses have to do with changes in the excitability of various areas of the brain and are inevitable.

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Fuente: El País