Abstract
MR. ABDUL MAJID (NATURE, August 28) asks: “What is the true explanation of the fact that stimuli sufficiently strong to arouse vivid sensations in a subject while he is wide awake apparently fail to arouse any sensations at all in a state of unconsciousness?” But is there any evidence that stimuli do not arouse identical sensations in the waking and the sleeping states? As a medical man, I am frequently “rung up.” As far as I am able to judge, I am invariably awakened out of a dream. I am never dreamless. My consciousness never sleeps.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on SpringerLink
- Instant access to the full article PDF.
USD 39.95
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Similar content being viewed by others
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
REID, G. Physiological Factors of Consciousness. Nature 92, 6 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/092006a0
Issue date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/092006a0
