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EEG finds consciousness in people in vegetative state
New Scientist ^
| 11/10/11
| Chelsea Whyte
Posted on 11/11/2011 4:34:27 PM PST by wagglebee
Signs of consciousness have been detected in three people previously thought to be in a vegetative state, with the help of a cheap, portable device that can be used at the bedside.
"There's a man here who technically meets all the internationally agreed criteria for being in a vegetative state, yet he can generate 200 responses [to direct commands] with his brain," says Adrian Owen of the University of Western Ontario. "Clearly this guy is not in a true vegetative state. He's probably as conscious as you or I are."
In 2005, Owen's team, used functional MRI to show consciousness in a person who was in a persistent vegetative state, also known as wakeful unconsciousness where the body still functions but the mind is unresponsive for the first time. However, fMRI is costly and time-consuming, so his team set about searching for simple and cost-effective solutions for making bedside diagnoses of PVS. Now, they have devised a test that uses the relatively inexpensive and widely available electroencephalogram (EEG).
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: euthanasia; faithandphilosophy; moralabsolutes; prolife
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To: wagglebee
I woke up during a rather simple medical procedure, could hear everything being said, but could not move a muscle or utter a word or signal that I was awake. One of the scariest things that ever happened to me. Thankfully, the procedure did not include cutting.
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11/11/2011 8:50:36 PM PST
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Mjaye
To: wagglebee
I am not at all surprised. Consciousness is not tied to biological functioning. It’s the other way around to a great extent.
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posted on
11/11/2011 9:52:44 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: Tzar
“Try to sell yourself into slavery and see if law enforcement agrees with your personal choice. It is YOUR CHOICE so Im sure no one will mind.”
Try to make some sense...get back on your meds kid...
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11/12/2011 3:44:10 AM PST
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Wpin
("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
To: Osamabindead
I have hope that these people are finally able to communicate and, at least, made more comfortable.
I mean, sheesh. Turn on the TV. Give ‘em some pain meds. Turn them more often so they don’t get bed sores.
And TALK to them.
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11/12/2011 8:02:52 AM PST
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11/12/2011 1:39:16 PM PST
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Jim Robinson
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11/12/2011 1:43:00 PM PST
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wagglebee
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To: wagglebee
Yay.
He’ll probably be back, like a moth to a flame.
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11/12/2011 4:04:41 PM PST
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little jeremiah
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To: Tzar
“Educate yourself on what inalienable rights are and get back to me. Your ignorance is too deep for me to dispel it, kid.”
well, I see the BS does run deep on your side of the loony farm...
Try educating yourself a bit turkey...you really are not presenting anything to debate, you are simply insulting folks better than you. Not a very bright thing to do...that is why I figured you must be a kid.
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Wpin
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South40
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Good evening! :-)
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South40
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To: South40
So far, so good. [smiles]
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TheOldLady
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then how do you recognize the death penalty? With a ZOT like this.
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11/13/2011 5:04:50 AM PST
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