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How long can the human brain remain conscious after being beheaded?
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∙ 15y ago
The human head can remain conscious for up to 7 seconds (between 3-5 seconds). A study was done on prisoners that would go before the blade. They told the prisoners simple commands, blink, wink close eyes etc after their head was cut off. Indeed they did such commands to over 100 different prisoners and proved it true.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoNot for more than a split second. As soon as the blood pressure drops, which would be nearly instantaneous, there would be a blackout. As unpleasant as it sounds, clean decapitation is actually a pretty merciful death.
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