Jad Abumrad
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A couple years ago, they wanted to know what happens in the brain right when that switch flips.
They hooked them up to an IV and started to very, very slowly give them propofol, which is a big anesthetic.
And as they did, they told the subjects to click a button every time they heard a sound or a word that they recognized.
So the subjects would just sit there and listen and click.
And every 15 minutes, they gave them a little bit more propofol.
Until eventually... They just stopped responding altogether.
Now, throughout this whole time, Patrick and his team were measuring the brain waves of the subjects.
And he says what they saw right at the moment that that switch flipped.