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Patients under general anesthesia may still process spoken words, a study suggests

Researchers have recorded direct evidence that the human hippocampus continues to process spoken words, grammar, and meaning ...
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Scientists just watched the brain quietly talk to itself during anesthesia — hidden conversations between memory regions that kept right on going with the patient unconscious

The patient was unconscious, skull open, breathing regulated by a ventilator. Seven people in total lay on operating tables at Baylor College of Medicine, each undergoing surgery to treat severe ...