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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:02:41 -0700
From: hkhenson <>
Subject: Consciousness research
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Brain cells tied to consciousness reported found

Feb. 19, 2008
Courtesy University of Leicester
and World Science staff

In a study billed as an exploration into the 
realm of  con scious ness,  researchers claim to 
have found brain cells that become very busy only 
when some thing is consciously noticed.

Trying to understand what creates 
consciousness the sense of being alive and 
aware is one of the all time most exasperating 
problems in science. The key stumbling block: 
even if one knew every brain mechanism underlying 
consciousness, there would still be no apparent 
way to see or measure the actual production of consciousness.

Scientists examined cells deep within the 
temporal lobe, the region colored in yellow in this diagram.
For now, many researchers figure they may as well 
just do the best they can in unraveling those 
physical mechanisms. The new study, led by Quian 
Quiroga of the University of Leicester, U.K., is 
among those designed to attack that question.

(more at)

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080219_conscious

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