Richard Norman, sorry, but you are absolutely wrong. You say literaly, that
when we try to solve difficult tasks our brain "forgets" to make the data
procesing necesary for keeping alive the body. Yes, one of your points is
right, but not in the meaning you try to give it. Yes, when we do complex
tasks the distribution of energy usage changes dramaticaly, so some regions
of the brain, previously inactive, suddenly consume more energy, that the
regions responsible of autonomic, somatic functions of the body. May be you
simply did not expressed yourself clear, so I missunderstanded your text, In
such a case sorry. Hope this mesage can clear the things up. And for your
question, Alexander, yes it is possible, and have been done already. I'm not
sure, but I read in some scientific magazine, that the energy consumtion of
the brain during hard intelectual work is almost the same as all the body
uses while taking physical exercise. Certainly it is the most energy
expensive organ. I may be wrong, the best would be if you could search for
this data somewhere in the internet and tell us how is it truly.
Respectfully, Vytautas.
