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Consciousness is often said to disappear in deep, dreamless sleep. We argue that this assumption is oversimplified. Unless dreamless sleep is defined as unconscious from the outset there are good empirical and theoretical reasons for saying that a range of different types of sleep experience, some of which are distinct from dreaming, can occur in all stages of sleep.

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[-] hark@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

There's still brain activity in sleep.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Brain activity isnt nessecarily consciousness.

[-] CeeBee@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

Right? I've met so many of those people.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Those have consciousness without any brain activity.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago
[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's not death...

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