I wish I could figure out how to share screenshots here (first time commenting), but I had a similar procedure, and here's what I found in my conversation history on my phone later that day (no recollection of any of it):
Me: "Was anesthetized this morning for procedure" Me: "Probably still not all the way conscious" Me: "Woke up maybe 30 minutes ago?" Me: "I vaguely remember explaining to the doctor, 'I'm not fully conscious right now. I have no conscious idea of what I'm saying. But I'm having a coherent conversation. It turns out the Wernicke's area of the brain (language center) can engage in cogent conversation entirely on autopilot, just as I'm having now.... (read more)
I wish I could figure out how to share screenshots here (first time commenting), but I had a similar procedure, and here's what I found in my conversation history on my phone later that day (no recollection of any of it):
Me: "Was anesthetized this morning for procedure"
Me: "Probably still not all the way conscious"
Me: "Woke up maybe 30 minutes ago?"
Me: "I vaguely remember explaining to the doctor, 'I'm not fully conscious right now. I have no conscious idea of what I'm saying. But I'm having a coherent conversation. It turns out the Wernicke's area of the brain (language center) can engage in cogent conversation entirely on autopilot, just as I'm having now.... (read more)