Friday, October 17, 2014

New Technique Helps Find Hidden Consciousness in Coma Patients

New Technique Helps Find Hidden Consciousness in Coma Patients: "Some patients who are in a coma may be aware of their surroundings even though they can't visibly communicate with others, and now, scientists have found a new way to help identify these patients."

These are brain networks in two vegetative patients (left and middle), alongside a healthy adult (right). The vegetative patients appeared behaviorally similar but one of them (middle) showed signs of hidden awareness during a previous fMRI study.

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