What Your Brain Is Really Doing When
Doing Nothing
I animated for this explainer video based on Maggie Chiang’s illustrations and the article What Your Brain is Doing When You’re Not Doing Anything. It explores the brain default mode network that was discovered in 2001. This breakthrough has inspired extensive research into various brain networks and regions’ interactions, functions, and their implications for mental illness.
Wrote by Nora Bradford. Script by Christopher Webb Young and Marie Cascone. Produced by Emily Buder and Marie Cascone. Edited by Hannah Waters. Illustrations by Maggie Chiang. Animation by Jil Tai. Music by APM Music. Narration by Thomas Hagena. Executive Producer Christopher Webb Young. Editor-in-Chief Samir Patel. Published by The Simons Foundation.