X-Message-Number: 32020
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 08:23:16 -0700
Subject: Consciousness is the brain's Wi-Fi
From: Keith Henson <>

 Consciousness is the brain's Wi-Fi, resolving competing requests,
study suggests

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30, 2009 -- Your fingers start to burn after
picking up a hot plate. Should you drop the plate or save your meal?
New research suggests that it is your consciousness that resolves
these dilemmas by serving as the brain's Wi-Fi network, mediating
competing requests from different parts of the body. Published today
in the journal Emotion, the study also explains why we are consciously
aware of some conflicting urges but not others.

http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/prsrelea/fy09/008.html

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