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Doctors Use Brain Scanner To Communicate With ‘Vegetative’ Patient (via Singularity Hub).
thenewgreen · 4165 days ago · link ·
This is amazing stuff, but it must also be highly frustrating. Imagine knowing that someone who was in a vegetative state for 10 years was able to understand you, but you were unable to communicate with them unless they were in an MRI machine. That would be one labor-intensive and very expensive conversation. Still, this is an impressive discovery.
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thenewgreen · 4165 days ago · link ·
I hadn't thought about it being a way to "wake them up". I suppose having a dialog of sorts could stimulate something. As for the communication of wanting to die, I have to admit that I immediately thought of this when they said their question was "are you in pain"? What if his response was YES YES YES?!