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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I've discussed this in the past as well. I think we found a few places on the web stating that a head could live for 5 - 15 seconds after decapitation and then finally dyinig of 'shock'!
I would expect a head to live several seconds because there is still blood and oxygen in the brain. Hmm... any volunteers? ;)
Decapitation quite different from fainting...we're talking about having enough oxygen in your blood to provide fuel for the neural correlates of consciousness, and this goes VERY fast at decapitation. You would probably die more quickly from the Bigley method (sorry) than by the guillotine, it is hypothesized. Since the heart is still trying to pump, once you cut the jugular a huge amount of air is drawn into the heart, which accelerates the loss of oxygen to the brain.