Brain Region Linkage Offers Method To Measure Consciousness For Surgery

What Anesthesia Can Teach Us About Consciousness by Maggie Koerth-Baker.  The New York Times.  December 10, 2013.

(1)  Successful anesthetization requires _______________, and ___________ isn't something we can measure.

(2)  What are two barriers to avoiding anesthesia awareness?

(3)  Lacking a direct measure for consciousness, anesthesiologist monitor for ___________.

(4)  Studies are increasingly finding that sensory networks in the brain remain locally functional
for _____________ but ____________ communication has broken down.

(5)  This finding suggest that anesthetics work best when different parts of the brain _____________.

(6)  While you need a brain to have ___________, you might not need a brain to _______________  
perhaps because pain response is a ___________ reflex.

(7)  Mashour's research suggest that anesthesia monitors might be more effective if they monitor how electrical signals _____________.

Coordination Combined with Individuality In Neuron Activity Judged To Be Keys To Measuring Consciousness

A Magnetic Trick To Define Consciousness by Kelly Servick.  Science Now.  August 14, 2013.

(1)  Why do the authors of the study view brain integration as insufficient to ascertain consciousness?

(2)  To attain consciousness, the authors assert that neurons must work ____________ but keep their ________________.

(3)  The measurement tool they developed is called the ________________.

(4)  One of the authors of the study called the PCI the first ______________________.

(5)  What are some of the gray areas that remain for the PCI?