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Figure 1.
Brain activity in a healthy subject and a vegetative state patient
Neural activation during imagining playing tennis (to convey ‘Yes’ responses) and imagining moving from room to room in the home (to convey ‘No’ responses). The similar patterns of neural activation suggest that some patients in a vegetative or minimally conscious state have activity that reflects awareness and cognition. Adapted from Monti et al., 2010 [36], courtesy of Adrian Owen. |
