Where sits the Consciousness? What is Consciousness?

http://youtu.be/sNc52LmHgUs

Recently it was found out that both brain hemispheres can be missing, yet the
children (though severely impaired) are still indeed very Conscious!
Laughing without a Brain: “Got a Towel?” Case studies suggest that some forms
of consciousness may not require an intact cerebrum:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=self-awareness-with-a-simple-brain

On the early Buddhist definition of Consciousness (viññāna):

http://what-buddha-said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/u_v/vinnaana.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/IV/What_is_Consciousness.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/III/The_Selfless_Camera.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Momentary_Consciousness.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Consciousness.htm

Contemporary Bafflement, if not Confusion about Consciousness:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind-body_problem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness

Have a nice & noble day!

 
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