OK since your eyes are connected to your brain if your head was cut off could you see what was goin for a min?

Question

cuz the brain can live without oxygen for a few minutes and yur eyes are connected to the brain , , ,,,,, hmmmmmm

Answer 1

I believe that it may happen just as you surmised.

I remember reading an article about the French revolution and the use of the gillotine that states that the after the head was cut off the eyes would still look around in some cases.

Living heads
From its first use, there has been debate as to whether the guillotine always provided as swift a death as Dr. Guillotin hoped. With previous methods of execution, there was little concern about the suffering inflicted. But where the guillotine was invented specifically to be "humane," the issue was seriously considered. Furthermore, there is the possibility that the very swiftness of the guillotine only prolonged the victim's suffering. The blade cuts quickly enough that there is relatively little impact on the brain case, and perhaps less likelihood of immediate unconsciousness than with a more violent decapitation.

Audiences to guillotinings told numerous stories of blinking eyelids, moving eyes, movement of the mouth, even an expression of "unequivocal indignation" on the face of the decapitated Charlotte Corday when her cheek was slapped. Anatomists and other scientists in several countries have tried to perform more definitive experiments on severed human heads as recently as 1956. Inevitably the evidence is only anecdotal. What appears to be a head responding to the sound of its name, or to the pain of a pinprick, may be only random muscle twitching or automatic reflex action, with no awareness involved. At worst, it seems that the massive drop in cerebral blood pressure would cause a victim to lose consciousness in 7 seconds or less.[2]

The following report was written by a Dr. Beaurieux, who experimented with the head of a condemned prisoner by the name of Henri Languille, on June 28, 1905:

"Here, then, is what I was able to note immediately after the decapitation: the eyelids and lips of the guillotined man worked in irregularly rhythmic contractions for about five or six seconds. This phenomenon has been remarked by all those finding themselves in the same conditions as myself for observing what happens after the severing of the neck...

"I waited for several seconds. The spasmodic movements ceased. [...] It was then that I called in a strong, sharp voice: 'Languille!' I saw the eyelids slowly lift up, without any spasmodic contractions – I insist advisedly on this peculiarity – but with an even movement, quite distinct and normal, such as happens in everyday life, with people awakened or torn from their thoughts.

"Next Languille's eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine and the pupils focused themselves. I was not, then, dealing with the sort of vague dull look without any expression, that can be observed any day in dying people to whom one speaks: I was dealing with undeniably living eyes which were looking at me. After several seconds, the eyelids closed again, slowly and evenly, and the head took on the same appearance as it had had before I called out.

"It was at that point that I called out again and, once more, without any spasm, slowly, the eyelids lifted and undeniably living eyes fixed themselves on mine with perhaps even more penetration than the first time. Then there was a further closing of the eyelids, but now less complete. I attempted the effect of a third call; there was no further movement – and the eyes took on the glazed look which they have in the dead.''

Answer 2

I heard that you can. A few hundred years back when Robespierre and Dante invented the guillotine,(I think that was there names?) there were rumors when the victim would move there eyes and even move their mouths like they tried to say something. Though, I don't have any proof to back this up. I need to get busy on that time machine. Either that, or buy a guillotine

Answer 3

Historical accounts of people executed by guillotine tell us that the eyes remain open.The mouth tries to speak.And the brain probably still processes information.

Answer 4

a question that has plagued many people. But since no one has been back to tell no no one knows exactly . However you could compare it to heart failure. there is no more blood flowing to the braing so it cuts out almost instantaneously. So you'll probably be straight out.

Answer 5

Your brain is the hard drive and your spine is the processor so I doubt it. Let's hope we never get the chance to find out for sure.

Answer 6

Yeah, it's possible for a few seconds for a severed head to maintain consciousness.

Answer 7

Well it does not matter either you see for a minut, for a moment or for few seconds.... the fact is that your session is expired.. just assume that you can see for a minut... what will happen after that minut???? finally you are dead.....

Answer 8

No because the nerves and other stuff I don't know the medical terms to are emmedietly shot. You could struggle for breath though.

Answer 9

some functions like eye movement work, but as soon as a head is severed ur dead

Answer 10

Not for minute may be for some few seconds!!