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.
civil war. n. 1. A war between factions or regions of the same country. 2. Civil War The war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. Also called War Between the States. 3. Civil War The war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists from 1642 to 1648.