Everyone experiences some degree of anxiety in life, but what does it look like in the brain? Interactive artist Nicky Case explores the neuroscience of anxious thoughts in a new project called Neurotic Neurons.
In Case’s animation, the neurons kind of resemble a Newton’s cradle, that desktop favorite boasting metal balls that click back and forth. The graphic provides a bit of Brain Science 101—click on individual neurons in the interactive graphic to make them fire, and receive a visual lesson in how neurons connect, and how the brain’s learning process influences anxiety.
via Mental Floss
