Resumen de Consciousness - we hit its sweet spot
For the first time, researchers have switched off consciousness by electrically stimulating a single brain area. Scientists have been probing individual regions of the brain for over a century, exploring their function by zapping them with electricity and temporarily putting them out of action. Despite this, they have never been able to turn off consciousness until now. Although only tested in one person, the discovery suggests that a single area--the claustrum--might be integral to combining disparate brain activity into a seamless package of thoughts, sensations and emotions. It takes humans a step closer to answering a problem that has confounded scientists and philosophers for millennia--namely how their conscious awareness arises.
