Agree

• 1

  • For centuries philosophers have tried to understand what consciousness is
• 2

  • Crick and Coch 1998 - believed the claustrum, thin sheet of neurons, was related to consciousness
• 3

  • Koubeissi 2014 - 54 year old woman with epilepsy received tests on the brain. They placed an electrode in claustrum and woman stared blankly and didn’t respond to any visual commands - has no recollection of the event
• 4

  • Help make decisions about patients i’m a vegetative state
  • Doctors can make more knowledgable decisions on whether they should turn life support off
  • If person is showing no consciousness see if there is any stimulation in the claustrum