Conciousness on/off switch study
So I was looking through random articles on a site after being linked to a piece about an angry goat on a roof, and I stumbled onto something very relevant to our interests.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/...in-science_n_5562878.html
www.newscientist.com/arti...p-in-brain.html?full=true
In summation (as I've understood it), as part of research into the causes of epilepsy electrical pulses were applied to a part of an epileptic woman's brain, leading to the discovery that stimulation of the claustrum (a part theorized to play a role in integrating the various external inputs and internal information together) caused her stop voluntary action (attempts to continue speaking or moving lead to her slowly growing quieter/moving slower until stopping, but remaining with her eyes open just staring ahead) and have no memory of anything that occurred until the stimulation was removed.
I tried to track down the published study that the articles refer to, but sadly I wasn't able to find any places to access it that didn't require me to somehow get through a paywall.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1525505014002017
This one has the summary and might be accessible through your academic institution if you're studying.
www.epilepsybehavior.com/
This is the site of the journal the study is being published in, but I don't think it can actually be accessed through here until volume 37 of the journal is released on the site in August, and it still requires payment. Might be marginally cheaper though?
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/...in-science_n_5562878.html
www.newscientist.com/arti...p-in-brain.html?full=true
In summation (as I've understood it), as part of research into the causes of epilepsy electrical pulses were applied to a part of an epileptic woman's brain, leading to the discovery that stimulation of the claustrum (a part theorized to play a role in integrating the various external inputs and internal information together) caused her stop voluntary action (attempts to continue speaking or moving lead to her slowly growing quieter/moving slower until stopping, but remaining with her eyes open just staring ahead) and have no memory of anything that occurred until the stimulation was removed.
I tried to track down the published study that the articles refer to, but sadly I wasn't able to find any places to access it that didn't require me to somehow get through a paywall.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1525505014002017
This one has the summary and might be accessible through your academic institution if you're studying.
www.epilepsybehavior.com/
This is the site of the journal the study is being published in, but I don't think it can actually be accessed through here until volume 37 of the journal is released on the site in August, and it still requires payment. Might be marginally cheaper though?