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First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)

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Re: First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)

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Post by baxtr »

tirant wrote: post #15

I have lost consciousness several times in my life. Not a pleasurable experience specially as last time I did it because of such extreme pain that I thought I was passing away. However I have had always recollection of those seconds or minutes when I was unconscious: there was always an intense and quick succession of memories and images accompanied by sound. At some point the external sound from people trying to rea…

So is it similar to dreaming?

Also, what do you mean by "sound"? Like music or actual sound from your memories?

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Post by jimmaswell »

IshKebab wrote: post #17
Someone wrote: post #14

FTA: “When is exactly the time when we die? We may have tapped the door open now to start a discussion about that exact time onset” They must not have been paying attention during their studies. That discussion has certainly been going on ever since we managed to restart a human’s heartbeat. Philosophers likely have discussed it for centuries, if not millennia, before that. Modern medicine definitely doesn’t use “has…

Also the question is incorrect. There isn't an exact time when someone dies.

Relevant: https://youtu.be/ibpdNqrtar0

Re: First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)

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Post by djmips »

BoredPositron wrote: post #12

I got electructed when I was 19 while trying to kick a colleague who was fused to an industrial distribution cabinet away from it. I was dead for 7-8 minutes and had these flashbacks. They were fast and felt more like drifting from one dream to another. Can't recommend though got visual cortex hyperactivity with a bad case of visual snow syndrome and tinnitus ever since.

I presume your colleague was dead for more than 7-8 minutes... That was gallant of you.

Re: First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)

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Post by andrehacker »

karlkloss wrote: post #22

This is giving me "Brainstorm" vibes. If you haven't watched the movie, now would be a good time.

Just rewatched it on Laserdisc last month (era-appropriate and all) :)

The computer effects are amazing (especially considering it was made in 1983), the concept is very interesting, the acting is a bit odd, and... Natalie Wood sadly died during production (her sister stepped in to help complete the movie).

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Post by asimovDev »

tirant wrote: post #15

I have lost consciousness several times in my life. Not a pleasurable experience specially as last time I did it because of such extreme pain that I thought I was passing away. However I have had always recollection of those seconds or minutes when I was unconscious: there was always an intense and quick succession of memories and images accompanied by sound. At some point the external sound from people trying to rea…

huh I guess movies got that part right. I wonder what was the first movie with a scene like this

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Post by [deleted] »

dmacedo wrote: post #16
Noumenon72 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ethicists forbid studying anything interesting, leaving us to scrape up data from natural experiments like this patient having a heart attack while already hooked up to an EEG.

What a weird way of phrasing that. The whole point of ethics in multiple disciplines is to try and study the principles of humanity in the society we've formed. The areas of philosophy, medicine, justice, and religion are filled with centuries of discussions trying to argue and explain a lot of these matters. But the philosopher of the Internet of today, instead of curiosity of reasoning and arguing for what should c…

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Post by Reflecticon »

_2zip wrote: post #18

When I was around 15, I used to hang out with a guy who was much senior to me, and he would bully us sometimes. One day, when we were bantering, I cracked a joke that a third guy with us (who was my age) found funny and crackled. The bully grabbed my neck and choked me till I lost consciousness. I remember having memory flashbacks related to missing a train, and someone waiting at the wagon door, waving at me to hurr…

I'm sorry that happened to you. That's so horrible. Wanna make me beat up bullies, man. Got damn bullies.

Re: First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)

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Post by ExoticPearTree »

I read an article a while back, than when something really bad happens to the body, the brain looks back into memories to "see" how to solve the problem - maybe it happened before and it will know what to do (like when you cut yourself the second time, you know exactly what to do).

But because it never encountered something like it, it cannot find a solution.

And apparently this is why people when they die see their life flashing before their eyes.

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