Alison Wu (Charles Best)

Hi everyone! In my previous research round, I mentioned how it would be the last one I would be doing for this cycle. However, I decided to make another research round about my topic and take my injury question further! For those who haven’t been following my forum, my inquiry question for this cycle is: “what does it mean to be conscious?” In this round, I’ll be looking into psychoactive drugs to broaden the understanding of the connection between consciousness and unconsciousness. While we...Read More...

Hi everyone! This is my last research round of this cycle for my inquiry question: “what does it mean to be conscious?” I’ll be looking into head injuries to broaden the understanding of the connection between consciousness and unconsciousness. That is, I’ll be stating the causes, some examples, symptoms, treatments of head injuries. Moreover, I’ll be also discussing what happens after the loss of consciousness, why that happens and how does it affect the brain. In my previous research...Read More...

Hi everyone! This is my second round of research for my inquiry question: “what does it mean to be conscious?” I’ll be looking into sleeping and dreaming and how it relates to consciousness. Evidently, when we fall asleep, we don’t fall asleep all at once. Some nights, we lay in bed and will ourselves to drift off. Sometimes, our minds refuse to shut down: the longer we can’t sleep, the more we worry about it and the worst it gets. Even so, at one point, we drift off and we don’t realize...Read More...

Hi everyone! This is my first research round on Butterfly Effect, and I’ll be discussing about my question: “what does it mean to be conscious?” I will be stating an overview of my topic, the levels of consciousness, different ways we loss of consciousness and what happens in our brains when that occurs. The Overview: By the dictionary, this is what consciousness and unconsciousness mean: Consciousness is defined by the subjective awareness of one’s one existence, sensations, thoughts,...Read More...

Hi everyone! My inquiry question for my first project plan on Butterfly Effect is "What does it mean to be conscious?" To me, as I mentioned in my first post, this is personally a very hard topic. Since I believe that there are many levels of consciousness, it is hard to define it. The level and types of activities that occur in the brain evidently varies from time to time which leads me to believe that consciousness is transitionary. Another reason why this topic intrigues me is because...Read More...