Why don’t we dream under general anesthesia?
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Anesthesiologists almost always talk about general anesthesia as ‘going to sleep’, but that’s just a metaphor. It’s not like going to sleep at all. We don’t know exactly how anesthesia works, but it is much more like turning off your brain. Your brain basically becomes unable to communicate with itself. So, you can’t have *any* complex thoughts, including dreams. (There is some brain activity, so your brain is not fully off, but it is very reduced in function)
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