Yes, I vaguely remember hearing about "brain pacemakers" before, thank you for reminding me. But I'm using the term a little more metaphorically: just like a pa

Yes, I vaguely remember hearing about "brain pacemakers" before, thank you for reminding me. But I'm using the term a little more metaphorically: just like a patient's heart might just stop without a pacemaker, in this case the patient would lose consciousness if the "brain pacemaker" was deactivated. To put it more bluntly, imagine that you were revived from a vegetative state, but your consciousness now effectively has an on/off switch. http://i.imgur.com/lSjkmNj.gif http://i.imgur.com/lSjkmNj.gif