Hi:
The following martial arts site discusses certain techniques to incapacitate opponents. The one I quoted talk about pain causing loss of consciousness by disrupting the reticular formation. Is this true science or just some age old myth?
quote from http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:ziuTpWWP9_oJ:www.internetarmory.com/self_defense.htm+%22neural+shock%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3 :
"It is speculated that various organs of the body can send pain impulses to the brain stem indicating a severe or overwhelming bodily injury. The reticular activating system responds by producing a functional "shut down", which results in loss of consciousness within a second or two."
If this is real science, then what is mechanism in which the so-called "shut down" occurs?
Thanks,
Green
2007-02-03
09:26:58
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