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Consciousness could last hours after ‘death’ (www.thetimes.com)

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The news was presented at the AAAS meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Anna Fowler presented a synthesis of dozens of studies on near-death experiences and neuroelectrical activity around cardiac arrest. - https://particle.news/story/aaas-presentation-argues-consciousness-may-persist-minutes-to-hours-after-clinical-death

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[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I can tell you from experience, you are not aware of being unconscious. It goes from the moment before you lose it, to when you regain without any period between.

[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

There are multiple ways to be "unconscious." Head trauma, sleep, general anesthesia, fainting, coma - for example.

The experience varies wildly: from absolute nothing under general anesthesia to extremely vivid stuff during sleep.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Ok, that depends on definition I guess.