Methods and systems for media guidance applications configured to monitor brain activity in different regions of a brain

A method for performing an operation of a media guidance application in response to activity in a region of a brain of a user, the method comprising:

• monitoring brain activity of the user in a first region of the brain;
• determining a first brain state associated with the first region based on the brain activity of the user in the first region;
• cross-referencing the first region with a database associated with functions performed by the user using regions of the brain to determine at least one function the user is performing based on the brain activity of the user in the first region of the brain;
• comparing the first brain state to a threshold range for performing the at least one function;
• and
• in response to determining the first brain state does not correspond to the threshold range, performing a media guidance operation associated with the at least one function.