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CONSCIOUSNESS

How can any of us know that another human being is conscious? In 2006, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to show, for the first time, that a patient who appeared to be entirely vegetative was in fact consciously aware. We have since reported on 4 patients (of 23) in a similar condition. 


You can download the paper for free from Science



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Our work was part of an exhibit at the London Science Museum in 2007 (‘Neurobiotics’).

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Numerous website commentaries, blogs, articles and comments can be found across the WWW discussing aspects of this research. Here are some of the more interesting ones....


http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/neurophilosophy/2011/sep/02/detecting-covert-consciousness-vegetative-state


http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071008/full/news.2007.151.html


http://www.which.co.uk/advice/brain-training/our-research/index.jsp


http://scienceblogs.com/purepedantry/2009/03/recovery_probably_not_a_persis.php


http://www.slate.com/id/2164996/ (where our research is listed among the five ‘biggest neuroscience developments of the year’)


http://www.slate.com/id/2216595


http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=understanding-consciousness-measure-more-argue-less

http://integral-options.blogspot.com/2009/05/all-in-mind-beyond-coma.html



http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/a-nature-podcast/



http://bioethicsbytes.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/brain-and-awareness-the-secret-of-you-horizon/



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7360678.stm


http://fivebooks.com/interviews/david-carmel-on-consciousness


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/roger-highfield/8832502/Death-is-not-what-it-used-to-be.html


http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Research+shows+patients+vegetative+state+communicate+with+brain+waves/5421559/story.html




 

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