Harvard Scientists Think They've Pinpointed The Physical Source of Consciousness

[Judi Lynn]

Is this where awareness lives?

FIONA MACDONALD 23 JUN 2018

Scientists have struggled for millennia to understand human consciousness - the awareness of one's existence. Despite advances in neuroscience, we still don't really know where it comes from, and how it arises.

But researchers think they might be closer to identifying its physical origins, after a study pinpointing a network of three specific regions in the brain that appear to be crucial to consciousness.

Published in November 2016, the research could be a huge deal for our understanding of what it means to be human, and it could also help researchers find new treatments for patients in vegetative states.

"For the first time, we have found a connection between the brainstem region involved in arousal and regions involved in awareness, two prerequisites for consciousness," said lead researcher Michael Fox from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre at Harvard Medical School back in 2016.

More:
https://www.sciencealert.com/harvard-scientists-think-they-ve-pinpointed-the-neural-source-of-consciousness

[Baitball Blogger]

1. I thought it was a joke. Looked like Trump's hair.

[Pluvious]

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Guess I need to keep searching...

( smirk )

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[Pluvious]

2. Quite fascinating - thanks for sharing. nt.