IN BREAKTHROUGH, DOCTORS COMMUNICATE WITH BRAIN-DAMAGED MAN

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An intriguing medical breakthrough out of Canada—doctors say they have been able for the first time to communicate with a patient who has severe brain damage. Better yet, the message delivered by the patient was a great one: I'm not in pain. The Canadian Press and the BBC explain that doctors studied the patient's brain waves as they voiced a command: he should think about playing tennis if he were not in pain or about walking around the house if he were. The activities trigger different parts of the brain—motor skills vs. visual associations—and the man's brain waves suggested he was pain-free.

"Scott has been able to show he has a conscious, thinking mind," says a British neuroscientist, referring to 39-year-old Scott Routley. "We have scanned him several times and his pattern of brain activity shows he is clearly choosing to answer our questions. We believe he knows who and where he is." Routley has been in a vegetative state since a car accident 12 years ago.

Patient in Vegetative State: I'm Not in Pain - In breakthrough, doctors communicate with brain-damaged man

 

[Neg Stark]

Eternal dreaming, I guess.

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

Another reason not to kill people even when their alive. For example a person in a choma. He feels no pain. Why kill people thinking they are in pain? Actin' like death is better than pain.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Too bad this got released during a busy news period..

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[sm0ke]

so he's been laying in bed for 12 years, with nothing but his own thoughts?

 

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