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Coverage of my New England Journal of Medicine paper on Cognition in Disorders of Consciousness:
BBC Video Report 2
Technology Report: Brain Imaging Lets Vegetative Patient Communicate
New Scientist Interview on Experimental Neuroscience
All in the Mind, ABC Radio National - Beyond Coma: the Plight of the Persistent Vegetative State. (Audio Stream)
A woman thought to be in a persistent vegetative state, unresponsive and unconscious to herself and the world, is asked to play a game of 'mental' tennis. Extraordinarily, brain scans reveal she can. In Australia, new ethical guidelines govern the care of people in this devastating situation. Besides new technologies and terminologies -- what prospects for those living frozen lives?
The Guardian, Science Weekly - The Mind's Eye. (Audio Stream)
Times Online - Case of 'locked-in' Rom Houben may renew calls for coma brain scans
BBC News - How do people cope with 'locked-in' syndrome?
MedIndia - On the verge of a breakthrough to communicate with patients in coma.
ABC Science - Technology Unlocks the Silent Mind.
Brain & Spine Injury Law Blog - Ethical Questions Raised in Brain Mapping Research.
AndhraNews.net - Brain Scans may Help People in Coma-Like State be Heard Again.
WA Today - Scans may Open Chat Line to Brain -Damaged.
Medical News Today - MRI Imaging Leads Pioneering Neurological Research
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