The article explains how the research made by scientists at Harvard could help us identify connections between modules in the brain potentially responsible for consciousness. Before continuing, it is essential to mention that the article referred to consciousness as the waking state. Since the study was centered on patients’ reactions to brainstem lesions, the data they were able to extract was based upon whether the patients were conscious or not (in a coma). The researchers were on the lookout for connections between parts of the brain linked to arousal and awareness, two prerequisites for…