Imaging internal brain activity under anesthesia has provided researchers with revealing insights into what happens when the subjective phenomenon of consciousness first vanishes and then re-emerges. Identifying which brain mechanisms are involved in the emergence of the conscious state will contribute to the ongoing quest to explain human consciousness. The work, detailed in The Journal […]
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Brain’s neurons found to communicate via electric fields
Neurons in the brain had been thought to communicate exclusively via the physical connections that are known as synapses, but Caltech researchers say they have uncovered strong evidence that neurons also communicate with each other via weak electric fields, a finding that could help us understand how biophysics gives rise to cognition – the holy […]