[thedoc (OP)]

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 - why can I not recall them after I have dozed?

Thanks, love the shows.

Bert Hunt.

What do you think?

[evan_au]

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

[RD]

The brain injury / medically induced coma did not put all of the brain into standby mode, somewhat like locked-in-syndrome where the patient is aware but cannot move, or anesthesia awareness a similar drug induced effect.

[Kryptid]

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.