The activity in different parts of their brains also became more synchronised. Their low-gamma waves, in particular, became twice as synchronised when they were in their near-death state than when they were anaesthetised or awake. These features have been linked to conscious perception in earlier studies.
Tug of war is a sport that directly puts two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.
Definition of tug for Students. 1  1 : an act of pulling hard : a hard pull She gave him a tug. 2  2 : tugboat. 3  3 : a strong pulling force the tug of gravity. 4  4 : a struggle between two people or forces.