
Neuroscience
How Can We Tell If a Comatose Patient Is Conscious?
Neurologist Steven Laureys looks for signs of consciousness in unresponsive patients
Neurologist Steven Laureys looks for signs of consciousness in unresponsive patients
New brain-imaging techniques are giving researchers a better understanding of patients in the vegetative state
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