Brain test detects awareness in "Vegetative" Patient
Posted on Nov. 10th, 2011 | in Brain Injuries, News
A recent story in the New York Times indicated that doctors at two hospitals in Europe detected signs of awareness in three severely brain-injured people who supposedly were in a “vegetative state.” A vegetative state generally means that someone has no awareness of their surroundings. The doctors used brain wave patters on an EEG test to… read more