Consciousness can operate beyond the brain, body, and the present, as hundreds of experiments and millions of testimonials affirm. Consciousness cannot, therefore, be identical with the brain. - See more at: http://www.superconsciousness.com/topics/science/why-consciousness-not-brain#sthash.64PpjCat.dpuf

I think this is what some people mean by Soul.

I think so. Soul is what functions even when brain and body are dead.