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Yes, but our brain is still working and processing information at those times as well, isn't it? Even if not in the same way as it does when we're conscious.
by Hunpeter 2y ago
Yes, but our brain is still working and processing information at those times as well, isn't it? Even if not in the same way as it does when we're conscious.
- PopePompus 2y agoWhat about general anesthesia? I had a major operation during which most of my brain was definitely offline for at least 8 hours.
- autoexec 2y agoAnesthesia shouldn't take your brain offline. It just makes you unconscious, paralyzes you, and gives you amnesia. Your brain is still active under general anesthesia. What you were thinking or feeling for those 8 hours was just forgotten.
- crest 2y ago[citation needed].
- autoexec 2y agoYou might try https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8054915/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8054915/ which states: "General anesthesia is characterized by loss of consciousness, amnesia, analgesia, and immobility." and further down shows brain activity recorded while under anesthesia via EEG. The paper looks at the differences and similarities of brain activity while under anesthesia and sleep. This is only possible because, however changed or slowed by it, the brain is still active while under anesthesia
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