tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post9175166119505019504..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Unconscious soulsRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-34584967493996445442016-11-30T21:57:29.286-05:002016-11-30T21:57:29.286-05:00The following is from a Harvard physician (anesthe...The following is from a Harvard physician (anesthesiologist) who is at the same time a statistician at MIT:<br /><br />"The main thing is that general anaesthesia is not just about the brain being turned off. Certain parts of the brain are turned off, but in other parts transmission becomes noisier, and in some parts transmission becomes hypersynchronised. All those things can help you be unconscious."<br /><br />"If the brain is turned off, it is easy to understand why a person is unconscious, and that is typical when someone is in a stroke. But have you ever seen someone having a seizure? They are conscious, they lose consciousness as the seizure starts, they come back. If you look at the brain it is highly active in a very synchronous way, and this hypersynchronous state can make a person lose consciousness. It is like having a loud hum down your phone line – you can't communicate."<br /><br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/10/anaesthesia-coma-sleep-emery-brown" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/10/anaesthesia-coma-sleep-emery-brown</a>rockingwithhawkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550503108269371174noreply@blogger.com