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The Unconscious Mind: Baylor Researchers Find the Brain Remains Active and Predictive Under Anesthesia
For decades, the state of general anesthesia has been equated with a total "switch-off" of the brain’s higher-order functions. When a patient is rendered unconscious for surgery, the medical assumption has been that the theater of the mind goes dark, ceasing its complex work of language processing and environmental monitoring. However, a groundbreaking new study…
