Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Patient in 'vegetative state' not just aware, but paying attention

Patient in 'vegetative state' not just aware, but paying attention
Neurology News & Neuroscience News from Medical News Today

A patient in a seemingly vegetative state, unable to move or speak, showed signs of attentive awareness that had not been detected before, a new study reveals. This patient was able to focus on words signalled by the experimenters as auditory targets as successfully as healthy individuals...

Original Article: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/268278.php

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