Jansen van Vuuren, Petrie2016-01-252016-01-252015Jansen van Vuuren, P 2015, 'Awakenings : awakening damaged brains... with a sleeping pill!', Quest, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 22.1729-830Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/51225Allow me to introduce you to yourself or, more specifically, to your brain. I am referring, of course, to a generalised example of a brain. Surveillance technology has not progressed to the point where images of our brains are kept somewhere in enormous data archives without our knowledge. The image to follow simply illustrates what lies within the confines of your skull. The vast interconnections formed by your neurons give rise to your hopes, dreams, memories and vitally, your ability to interact with your surroundings or, in short, the essence of ‘you’.enThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.BrainSurveillance technologySkullNeuronsArticle