So far, there seems to be similarity between the disorder and the effects of hypnosis in that the frontal lobe attention systems seem to be taking other brain areas offline.
At this point, the higher functions of their brain are offline and the emotional centers are firing out of control.
Through it all, Hobson uses his life as the ultimate case study for his theory that REM sleep provides a test pattern that allows the brain to develop "offline". Dreams most intense in REM sleep, when the brain is active need no Freudian-style decoding, he says.
I characterized a phenomenon known as replay (when networks in the brain rehearse previous experiences offline) in a novel visual area.
"I think you have about 16 hours of optimal functioning before the brain needs to go offline and sleep," he said.
"Psychedelics tend to take the brain's default network offline, which allows for a reset in the pattern of neurological activations of specific nodes and networks," he explains.
When the brain's CEO goes "offline," strong emotions such as fear and anger can adversely color or distort our perception of the world.
Data were analyzed offline using BRAIN VOYAGER (BV) 4.9.6 and MATLAB software developed in house.
Data were processed offline using Brain Vision Analyser (1.0).
Further processing of the raw EEG was conducted offline using Brain Vision Analyzer (BVA) 2.0 software (Brain Products).
A continuous signal is recorded for a sequence of up to several thousands of stimulations, and a stimulus-triggered average of the brain signal is calculated offline.
