I don't think we know enough to understand if "consciousness" can be sliced and diced in the way you're describing. Are you conscious while your neurotransmitte

I don't think we know enough to understand if "consciousness" can be sliced and diced in the way you're describing. Are you conscious while your neurotransmitters cross their respective synaptic gaps, or only when they arrive at the receptors? I don't know how we'd begin to evaluate the question.