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It’s Alive?! Frankenstein & Consciousness with George Mashour and David Andrijevic

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What's Going on During General Anesthesia?

During general anesthesia, there's actually a lot of brain function that is preserved. So how does this connect to we read about in their movies that try to talk about near death experiences? And it's a great example of where somebody who is behaviorally quiescent, they're not doing anything, is having this really rich, vivid phenomenology that can transform their lives.

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