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Asked by qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm123456789 to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 20 Mar 2012.
Question: What Is the Biological Basis of Consciousness?
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Lena Ciric answered on 20 Mar 2012:
Wow! Well, this is a question…
The biology of consciousness is to do with the organs we use for the perception and processes of the outside world. So, it’s to do with how the organs (eyes, ears…) function and then how the brain processes this information. There is complex chemistry involved as well as a lot of firing nerve cells.
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Sean Murphy answered on 20 Mar 2012:
That is a very good question. This is something that scientists have been debating for a long time. At the moment we can’t even agree of what we call conscious even exists, perhaps it is just an illusion our brain creates to allow us to feel in control. Some argue that consciousness emerges from the properties and organization of neurons in the brain. These researchers hope that scanning the brains of subjects will reveal clues about the neural activity required for conscious awareness.
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jacamosuters69 commented on :
Wrong answer… I was looking for somthing about the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes who declared that mind and body are entirely separate, leaving the debate over the nature of consciousness to other philosophers…
ogoldfinch09 commented on :
It is worth noting that he was a Christian and probably believed that when we die our consciousness goes to heaven leaving our biomass behind, that is not very scientific at all.