General anesthesia can occur without causing amnesia.
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General anesthesia does not always completely abolish memory formation or sensory processing, as evidence indicates that implicit and weak explicit memory can sometimes occur.
Evidence for · 3
Memory Formation during General Anesthesia for Emergency Cesarean Sections
2000 · cited by 43
Demonstrates that a weak form of explicit memory can occur during light general anesthesia even when patients cannot consciously recall the events.
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No Sex Differences in Memory Formation during General Anesthesia
2006 · cited by 22
Establishes that memory formation is possible during general anesthesia, including at hypnotic depths considered adequate.
Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus.
2026 · cited by 3
Shows that complex sensory processing, oddball discrimination, and semantic processing persist in the hippocampus during general-anesthesia-induced loss of consciousness.