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'Unlock' the Brains of Coma Patients
'Unlock' the Brains of Coma Patients
Continue reading the Original Blog PostCeleste Biever reports that brain scientists have discovered with functional MRIs that up to 40 percent of people diagnosed as comatose aren't. They're paralized, and thus trapped in their bodies, feel pain, and can learn.
It's never going to be easy to detect consciousness - but by raising awareness of the problem, and exploring a variety of consciousness signatures based on behavioural tests and brain scans - hopefully we can start "unlocking" more people like Houben.
She cites the...