Coma
Do you want to live or die? ‘Mind reading’ could help patients with severe brain injuries answer the question
When a person sustains a severe brain injury that leaves them unable to communicate, their families and doctors often have ...
Finding where ‘consciousness resides in the human brain’ could help us awaken comatose patients
Some people may gradually come out of a coma or wake up after a few weeks.... To help these people, ...
Viewpoint: ‘Hunches’ can’t be used to decide the fate of ‘covertly conscious’ patients in vegetative states
[A]s many as 15% to 20% of patients who have been rigorously diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state ...
Tiny electric signals in the brains of comatose patients may help predict who will wake up
Researchers may have found a way to detect inklings of consciousness in comatose and vegetative patients just days after they ...
Life in a coma: Can a machine tell us whether someone will ever wake up?
When somebody falls into a coma, they lose all motor functions. Brain activity slows significantly. In most cases, no external ...
