A tiny part of your brain may still listen under anesthesia
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While patients were fully under general anesthesia, individual neurons in their hippocampi could detect unexpected sounds, decode language, and even predict upcoming words — complex tasks scientists believed required consciousness. This challenges major theories about what the unconscious brain can do, raising a profound question: if awareness isn't needed for these functions, what exactly is consciousness for?
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