What If Your Brain Stopped Working for 5 Seconds?

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Your brain can survive for several minutes after your heart stops. But what if your brain took a time-out and stopped working for five seconds? Would you be instantly brain-dead? What would happen to your other organs if you experienced this? And could your normal life functions resume when your brain begins working again?

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