It turns out that consciousness can be turned on and off like a switch by electric stimulation to the brain

ByPaul Cross

By giving electric shock to the brainIt is utilized as "alarm clock"Or,Remember memory and attention & remove painIt is known that it is possible, but new brainFailureAs soon as I got an electric shock, it turned out that I could lose consciousness like a switch or return it.

Consciousness on-off switch discovered deep in brain - life - 02 July 2014 - New Scientist
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For more than a century, scientists have been conducting research to temporarily switch and stop functions of individual areas of the brain by electrical stimulation, but they have not succeeded in manipulating consciousness. Discovery of DNA double helixFrancis ClickHe is working on research on "the mechanism by which consciousness occurs from the brain" and shows the research result that the part called "prediction" located in the deep part of the brain is most important for brain consciousness activity.

In research on such brain consciousness,George Washington UniversityofMohamad KoubeissiMr.'s research team has announced that it succeeded in switching the consciousness by giving electrical stimulation to the fault.

According to the paper, the research team was conducting experiments to embed the electrode in the brain of a woman with epilepsy and record the brain activity at the time of a stroke, but near the fault of the brain of a woman who had not been installed until now When the electrode was set and stimulation was given by high frequency electric impulse, the woman who was reading had suddenly lost consciousness. While the woman did not respond to visual and auditory actions while looking at the front in front, the breathing gradually became late, but as soon as the electric stimulation was stopped the woman instantly regained consciousness It is. After a similar stimulus for two days thereafter, the woman lost consciousness each time, and when I awoke with stopping the stimulus, I did not remember anything while I was losing consciousness.

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In order to confirm whether the electric stimulation to the prejudice affected the female "consciousness" or "language / mobility ability", before the electric stimulation started, the woman had the word "home" repeatedly Asked to keep your finger bent. If electrical stimulation is acting on language and mobility ability, it will not be possible to talk or move as soon as stimulation starts, but the woman who is stimulated will continue to talk slowly until unconsciously arrive , It is said that fingers were moving. Also, I understand that it was not a seizure of epilepsy by the signal of brain activity.

According to this experiment, Mr. Koubeissi says, "It is suggesting that predictions play an important role as a trigger for consciousness activity," consciousness "through a complex process formed by many brain structures and networks However, we may have found an ignition key. " Normally, in order to distinguish the state of consciousness, we are seeing which state is "awakening / sleeping", "coma / plant state or sensory paralysis", but in this study women are in "awake state" That being an interesting point.


Mr. Koubeissi said, "Although it is a single research case, it is a useful result for clarifying the mechanism of what is happening when people selectively change their consciousness," he said, for years he bothered scientists and philosophers I was able to get closer to the problem of "generation of consciousness" that I had done.