Andrew Beaumont (beaumont at decameron.win-uk.net) wrote:
} Does anyone have any thoughts about what might happen if you could
} *entirely* isolate a brain from any sensory input? This is purely
} hypothetical of course, as it would be impossible to test, but what
} I'm getting at is the inherent stability of the neural system
} deprived of sensory throughput.
Frederic Bremer made some experiments on cats, called "encephale isole"
and "cerveau isole". Start there, for example. These were not entirely
isolated, of course.
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