# How close are we to the technology of re-attaching severed heads?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-we-to-the-technology-of-re-attaching-severed-heads/240842>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 19, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-we-to-the-technology-of-re-attaching-severed-heads/240842 "2004-04-19T16:13:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-we-to-the-technology-of-re-attaching-severed-heads/240842/21 "2004-04-22T00:01:09Z")

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> [@caphis](#):
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> Wait, what? We’ll never have the medical technology to perform a brain transplant that preserves senses?

From that article up there:

> [@](#):
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> That, he said meant the monkey was conscious, and that it could see, hear, taste and smell because the nerves were left intact in the head.

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