Knowing things…
By focusing on nervous system circuits of nociception, the body’s sensing of tissue damage, anesthesiologists can achieve unconsciousness in patients …
Tag Archives: consciousness
The birth of consciousness…
Think about consciousness for long enough, and you’ll drive yourself to distraction. To psychologist Julian Jaynes, the question of consciousness …
Arousal. Awareness. Consciousness?
Scientists found a connection between the brainstem region involved in arousal and regions involved in awareness, two prerequisites for consciousness. …
Quantum space. Ghostly differences. A calm lake.
The foundation stone of quantum mechanics doesn’t just describe the behavior of infinitesimal subatomic particles – it also governs the …
Parasypmathetic system… Life…
The parasympathetic system. (1) Reminds us of how important consciousness is. Life can exist without it. But life is not …