2009/9/9 Chris Jenkins <[email protected]>: > ...and we do. Make a loud noise, and the sleeper awakes. The brain is still > sensing, recording, and responding to data, even when asleep. This all fits > neatly with the scientific perspective of consciousness as the summation of > of sensory data as it is stored, analyzed, and accessed in the brain. Asleep > is not "without consciousness", unless one is comatic.
Even in a coma there is often awareness of voices and movement. I have mentioned before that I have memories of events that took place in an O.R. while I was unconscious from anesthesia. I was unconscious but I still have some knowledge of what went on in the room during the surgery. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
