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Title: Why can't I recall things I heard when asleep?
Post by: thedoc on 15/06/2012 05:30:02

Bert  asked the Naked Scientists:
   
My wife was kept asleep after brain surgery. I was called in to kings up in camberwell and given instructions of what to do andsay when they woke her after 3 weeks. A year later she recounted word for word my conversation with the doctors and what I had to say and do.

I fall asleep listening to your podcasts (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/) - why can I not recall them after I have dozed?

Thanks, love the shows (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/).

Bert Hunt.

What do you think?

Title: Re: Why can't I recall things I heard when asleep?
Post by: evan_au on 21/07/2012 10:03:35

While she may have been immobilised, she may have been conscious at the time.

Title: Re: Why can't I recall things I heard when asleep?
Post by: RD on 21/07/2012 16:01:26

The brain injury / medically induced coma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_coma) did not put all of the brain into standby mode, somewhat like locked-in-syndrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-in_syndrome) where the patient is aware but cannot move, or anesthesia awareness (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anesthesia_awareness) a similar drug induced effect.

Title: Re: Why can't I recall things I heard when asleep?
Post by: Kryptid on 04/08/2012 03:02:31

I can, and have, heard things on the television whilst asleep. They often incorporate themselves into my dreams. I am often able to recall them after waking up later.