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Jinz
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@Cole W

-Being unconscious does not render you unable to respond to external/internal stimuli (look up something such as smelling salts- like ammonium carbonate, which are used in situations to force regaining of consciousness).

-Not everyone responds to external stimuli while sleeping (i.e. not being able to be woken by an alarm clock).

-Fainting is also not exclusive to external stimuli, as various internal stimuli can cause an individual to faint (i.e. low BP).

-Lastly, being unconscious does not render a person unable to perform all normal physiological functions (example: hold your breath until you lose consciousness: your body should continue to breathe, pump blood, etc).

This all, of course, varies from person to person.

02-Feb-2015 23:19:46 - Last edited on 02-Feb-2015 23:22:03 by Jinz

Farmer Twunk

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Jinz said :


-Being unconscious does not render you unable to respond to external/internal stimuli (look up something such as smelling salts-  like ammonium carbonate, which are used in situations to force regaining of consciousness). Even people in comas have been shown to respond to stimuli, but considerably less than someone who is simply sleeping. The same goes for someone who is unconscious.

Jinz said :
-Not everyone responds to external stimuli while sleeping (i.e. not being able to be woken by an alarm clock). Varies from person to person. Of course it varies. But if you're trying to tell me that someone sleeping is equally as likely to respond to a stimulus while unconscious, that isn't the case.

Jinz said :
-Fainting is also not exclusive to external stimuli, as various internal stimuli can cause an individual to faint (i.e. low BP). I don't believe I stated that fainting is exclusive to external stimuli, only that it may occur due to an external stimulus. So I don't know what the argument is here.

Jinz said :
-Lastly, being unconscious does not render a person unable to perform all normal physiological functions (example: hold your breath until you lose consciousness: your body should continue to breathe, pump blood, etc). Obviously involuntary operations continue as you don't need to be conscious for involuntary operations to work. I mentioned that one may perform voluntary actions while sleeping, however not while they are unconscious (the aforementioned clearing one's throat example).

Jinz said :
This all, of course, varies from person to person. If it didn't I'd be quite worried.


Note that this all is dependent upon what stage within sleep you are. All my explanations were very general and weren't meant to encompass every unique case.

03-Feb-2015 00:26:35 - Last edited on 03-Feb-2015 00:28:03 by Farmer Twunk

Jinz
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Farmer Twunk said :
tl;dr: Sleep =/= unconsciousness. To that we can both agree. Also the OP clearly doesn't know what he's talking about and doesn't know what proper sources are. Answers.com, seriously?!@

Agreed - Your medlineplus source would have been much better for the OP!

03-Feb-2015 04:50:24

Farmer Twunk

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Jinz said :
Farmer Twunk said :
tl;dr: Sleep =/= unconsciousness. To that we can both agree. Also the OP clearly doesn't know what he's talking about and doesn't know what proper sources are. Answers.com, seriously?!@

Agreed - Your medlineplus source would have been much better for the OP!

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03-Feb-2015 08:15:59

nat
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Jinz said :
Farmer Twunk said :
tl;dr: Sleep =/= unconsciousness. To that we can both agree. Also the OP clearly doesn't know what he's talking about and doesn't know what proper sources are. Answers.com, seriously?!@

Agreed - Your medlineplus source would have been much better for the OP!

It's almost as if we don't go to university to study this type of thing!

03-Feb-2015 08:24:21

Farmer Twunk

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Sleep is consciousness. Sleep is not unconsciousness. Sleep is only a cycle of one's conscious mind. You literally learn this in Psychology 1000, the easiest course of all time.

Here's my source:

Corts, D., Krause, M. (2013). Psychological science: modelling scientific literacy . Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

03-Feb-2015 08:30:27 - Last edited on 03-Feb-2015 08:31:48 by Farmer Twunk

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