Comment on "Detecting awareness in the vegetative state".
Science
; 315(5816): 1221; author reply 1221, 2007 Mar 02.
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ABSTRACT
Owen et al. (Brevia, 8 September 2006, p. 1402) claimed that a patient's brain activity revealed that she was consciously responding to commands despite being in a vegetative state. However, several alternative explanations were not eliminated. Specifically, the activity could reflect unconscious reactions to the last word in the command, not conscious decisions to respond. A refined experimental design could clarify these issues.
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Asunto principal:
Concienciación
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Estado Vegetativo Persistente
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Estado de Conciencia
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Female
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Humans
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Science
Año:
2007
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Estados Unidos