Headless problem.

[unbiased]

If a person's head is cut off at the guillotine, will the pain be sensed by the head or the body?
If at the same instance his leg is also cut off then this will be sensed by which part?

 

[unbiased]

Bump. After ten years

 

[lxskllr]

Hell of a necro. My guess is the only feeling would be in your head. If your head lived long enough, and saw the leg being cut, it would feel the pain because it was expected. Would be an interesting way to die in any case.

 

[CZroe]

I don't know about you guys, but each of my limbs and my torso are all self-aware.

 

[Rakehellion]

Your head would feel pain but you would lose consciousness within seconds.

 

[Charmonium]

Headless means you haven't gotten head for a very long time. Headlessness isn't usually fatal but can be in some cases.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Any pain felt by the head would be psychosomatic since the nerves connecting it to the body have been severed. If you severed the head and then punched it in the nose it could feel that.

 

[Rakehellion]

Headless means you haven't gotten head for a very long time. Headlessness isn't usually fatal but can be in some cases.

Ask the executioner if he has some extras you can borrow.

 

[DaveSimmons]

There is one way for a severed head to feel its body,

https://youtu.be/N1cfGNh1SqA

... but that requires the assistance of Dr. West.

 

[IronWing]

I don't know about you guys, but each of my limbs and my torso are all self-aware.

I know one of mine is. ()

 

[thesmokingman]

Does it matter at that point, really?

 

[Markbnj]

Hell of a necro. My guess is the only feeling would be in your head. If your head lived long enough, and saw the leg being cut, it would feel the pain because it was expected. Would be an interesting way to die in any case.

I don't think it's a necro if the OP bumps his own post. He just never got his question answered.

 

[Charmonium]

I don't think it's a necro if the OP bumps his own post. He just never got his question answered.

It makes him the Dr. Frankenstein of necro threads.

IT'S ALIIIIIVVVVVVVWEEEEEE!!!!

 

[Carson Dyle]

ATOT is certainly the first place I'd think to look for such answers.

Exactly how long a person can remain conscious after decapitation remains debatable. We know that chickens often walk around for several seconds after decapitation; the Dutch rat study mentioned earlier suggests a length of perhaps four seconds. Other studies of small mammals have found up to 29 seconds

Most recently, in 1989, an Army veteran reported that following a car accident that he was in with a friend, the decapitated head of his friend changed facial expressions: "First of shock or confusion then to terror or grief,"

I'll bet that memory would keep you up at night for a little while.


http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/extrasensory-perceptions/lucid-decapitation3.htm

 

[Azraele]

Bump. After ten years

Long wait for an answer. Now that's patience.

I do not know the answer to your question, however. But I can say this. Have you ever accidentally cut yourself, and know you were cut, but it takes a few seconds for the pain to register? You'd die so quickly if your head were severed, you may not feel a thing.

 

[WHAMPOM]

If a person's head is cut off at the guillotine, will the pain be sensed by the head or the body?
If at the same instance his leg is also cut off then this will be sensed by which part?

Ask anyone that has had a major injury, shock first, pain comes later. "Why is my hand bleeding and where did the fingers go?"

 

[angminas]

Any pain felt by the head would be psychosomatic since the nerves connecting it to the body have been severed. If you severed the head and then punched it in the nose it could feel that.

The gaping wound at the bottom of the neck would probably hurt.

Semi-relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

 

[RelaxTheMind]

i thought this was going to be a headless server question.

in response to the OP. I remember this being discussed in class in HS, there were supposedly being tests done with the severed heads and found the brain was still active and responsive for a few seconds after being detached. I remember there being a specific person that did unorthodox studies but cant remember. probably a handful of lengthy papers about it nowadays.

 

[thejunglegod]

Damn, now I'm thinking all sorts of gory rubbish. What a way to screw a Monday.

 

[BudAshes]

I hear you, I wouldn't mind a little more head myself.