to whom it may concern:

The question of human consciousness is best answered in terms of brain function. If there is no brain, there is no consciousness. More specifically, over the last sixty years, researchers have found that different parts of the brain do specific things. Speech, spatial perception, sight, tactile sensation and motor function are all specifically located. An example is sight. Besides the regular and necessary neural path for sight, there is a more primitive sight path for avoiding being hit. The result of that is one can be blind, but still avoid limbs from hitting face. More significantly, there is the death of a person when their heart stops. But, brain function can be lost in pieces, resulting in a person not having full brain function. Physical death and brain death is confused. Injury and age can result in brain damage. This brain damage implies less capability. People loose mental capability and loose the full perceptive consciousness before they finally die. With death, the consciousness ends. Full consciouness may have ended before the physical death.

Respectfully,
Dorman