Brain’s Consciousness “Sleep Switch” Found By Accident? George Washington University Study

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Scientists believe they may have accidentally found the key in the human brain that, when turned or tweaked the right way, seems to switch our consciousness on and off. A team led by Mohamad Koubeissi at the George Washington University was working with a patient with epilepsy, placing electrodes deep in her brain in an attempt to determine where seizures were originating.

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