The Mystery of Consciousness: New Study Challenges ‘Brain-Death’ Narrative

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Sep 5, 2024 - 04:37
The Mystery of Consciousness: New Study Challenges ‘Brain-Death’ Narrative
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Medical teams at six research centers asked questions of 241 unresponsive patients with catastrophic brain injuries. A full 25% showed evidence of consciousness. If we do the math on this, one of the authors suggested that 100,000 people may well fall into this category in the United States alone.

COMMENTARY: Contemporary Western cultures insist consciousness resides exclusively in our brains, but an abundance of recent scientific research indicates otherwise.

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