Researchers discover advanced language processing in the unconscious human brain
Baylor College of Medicine researchers have found that the human brain is capable of sophisticated language processing while in an unconscious state from general anesthesia.
Patients undergoing this type of surgery were sought after because it allowed researchers access to this particular part of the brain.
Researchers then moved on to conduct a more complex experiment where they played short stories to patients while recording neural responses.
This project was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (U01 NS121472), the McNair Foundation and the Gordon and Mary Cain Pediatric Neurology Research Foundation.
This project was supported by the Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy Cor…
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