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NEWS ABOUT: consciousness

consciousness stories: 5 news summaries

Coma Man Was Conscious
for 23 Years

'I was witness to my own suffering,' says Belgian

18 hours, 12 minutes ago
(Newser) - A man believed to be in a coma for 23 years following a car accident was actually conscious but completely paralyzed. "I dreamed myself away," said Belgian Rom Houben, now 49. A doctor finally made the correct diagnosis and discovered Houben's brain was completely normal and functioning. With... More »

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Belgium • health • car crash • consciousness • coma • vegetative state

fORT HOOD SHOOTING



 Hasan 
 Awake, 
 Talking 

Ft. Hood suspect has been off life support since Saturday

Nov 9, 09 10:26 AM CST
(AP) - A US Army hospital spokesman says Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, suspected in the deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, is conscious and able to talk. The spokesman says Hasan remains in stable condition, and has been up and verbal since Saturday, when he came off a ventilator. More »

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consciousness • shooting rampage • hospitalization • mass shootings • stable condition • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • ventilator

(Newser) - A male chimp in Sweden has stirred excitement by storing a cache of stones to hurl at visitors, the BBC reports. Santino, a chimpanzee in a zoo north of Stockholm, proves that animals can prepare for future events, said scientist Mathias Osvath. "These observations convincingly show that our fellow... More »

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study • chimpanzees • consciousness • animal intelligence

Darwin Skeptics Separate Mind From Gray Matter

Debate focuses on whether the brain and mind function in tandem

Feb 21, 09 6:24 PM CST
(Newser) - To undermine Darwinian theories about the emergence of life, skeptics have a new weapon in mind: the brain, NPR reports. They’re challenging the notion that a cluster of cells could produce such high-level mental processes as consciousness and free will. “It doesn’t hang together,” says one... More »

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evolution • brain • Charles Darwin • mind • consciousness

Sleight of Hand Gets the Academic Treatment

Magicians break code for benefit of science

Aug 21, 07 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Magicians got in on the act at this summer’s Magic of Consciousness conference, hobnobbing with—and even tricking—cognitive scientists as they helped dissect their own profession. The New York Times visits Las Vegas, where master illusionists were welcomed for what one scientist calls "their specific interest in... More »

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magic • perception • consciousness • Daniel Dennett • Penn and Teller • magician

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