This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness Comes From

After uncovering three giant neurons, scientists could be one step closer to pinpointing where consciousness lives in the brain.



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A giant neuron found wrapped around entire mouse brain
"Like ivy plants that send runners out searching for something to cling to, the brain's neurons send out shoots that connect with other neurons throughout the organ. A new digital reconstruction method shows three neurons that branch extensively throughout the brain, including one that wraps around its entire outer layer. The finding may help to explain how the brain creates consciousness."

Consciousness
"Perhaps no aspect of mind is more familiar or more puzzling than consciousness and our conscious experience of self and world. The problem of consciousness is arguably the central issue in current theorizing about the mind. Despite the lack of any agreed upon theory of consciousness, there is a widespread, if less than universal, consensus that an adequate account of mind requires a clear understanding of it and its place in nature."

What is the function of the claustrum?
"The claustrum is a thin, irregular, sheet-like neuronal structure hidden beneath the inner surface of the neocortex in the general region of the insula. Its function is enigmatic. Its anatomy is quite remarkable in that it receives input from almost all regions of cortex and projects back to almost all regions of cortex."

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Written By: Lauren Ellis

[leafypath]

It's funny when you think about it: you are conscious that you are conscious but you are not conscious of how you are conscious.

[DeganH]

Is this just brains trying to understand themselves?

[andregrundy]

Could this deep brain stimulation be used as a substitute to anesthetics in surgery? Most deaths during surgery come from anesthetic screw ups so this seems like a very useful move forward!

[enderman]

This is what I love about it. Science and philosophy combined into one subject that has caused the curiosity of humans ever since we have studied anything. The beauty of life in one question: what is consciousness?

[diggledigloto]

I wanna study neuroscience and figure out conciousness! and win a fucking award

[kartellen]

consciousness is life wifi on pc, ofc it comes from somewhere, like everything else.

[shadowthetwisted]

The brain is the universe attempting to understand its self.

[MichaelPowers]

I'm by no means a spiritual or religious person. But I can't help but feel that we are more than the sum of our parts. I readily admit that I could be wrong, and have often wondered whether self awareness itself is an illusion. We're too close to the situation. It could be that the human brain lacks the wiring to contemplate itself fully. It's sort of like trying to bite your own teeth.

[ShawnRavenfire]

It seems to me that consciousness is a process encompassing the whole brain.  Trying to find a single part of the brain responsible for it would be like trying to find which blade of grass is "the world."

[lechant]

The chemical reaction trying to study itself XDD

[helmsfere]

They should also question whether consciousness originates from outside of the brain. As radio frequency is decoded by our modern computing devices, perhaps consciousness is the WiFi of the universe and our minds are the screen upon which our experience is projected.

[directr]

one day, maybe there will be a factual known answer to the ancient question: what is consciousness

[samaravadi]

*The average person swallows on average 8 persons in their sleep*

[BTBwebstudio]

Consciousness is such a weird thought.

[ishanchopra]

Thanks bro, really cool vibes i get from you specifically, great info.

[TwentySeventhLetter]

_Spongebob:_ What's a "claustrum?"
_Patrick:_ *IT MEANS HE'S AFRAID OF SANTA CLAUS*

[petercohen]

"Consciousness lives in the brain" ? Got any evidence for that? Correlation is not causation. It's a fallacy of physicalism.

[favelados]

Great video! A+ for the flow you are speaking and for the background music.

[Wotun]

Couldn't you have uploaded this video last week? I could have used the part about Francis Crick in a presentation i was making that week.

[DancingTiger]

Install electrode
Turn on electrode
Stimulate other parts of the brain
Mind Control