http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/02/04/mri-brain-scans-show-signs-of-consciousness-in-some-vegetative-patients/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/02/04/mri-brain-scans-show-signs-of-consciousness-in-some-vegetative-patients/#comment-16004 A. Stein Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:25:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=9916#comment-16004 If you read the entire article in the current magazine (2011), you would see that those who awake do not describe their semiconcious state as dreadful, but rather as dreamlike. You would also see that ways are being found to awaken those whose damage is to the area that controls wakefulness. Mercy killing was jumping the gun (if you will pardon the pun). If you read the entire article in the current magazine (2011), you would see that those who awake do not describe their semiconcious state as dreadful, but rather as dreamlike. You would also see that ways are being found to awaken those whose damage is to the area that controls wakefulness. Mercy killing was jumping the gun (if you will pardon the pun).

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/02/04/mri-brain-scans-show-signs-of-consciousness-in-some-vegetative-patients/#comment-16003 Play misty for me Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:20:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=9916#comment-16003 That is the worst horror in a world full of hurt. I never knew the true definition of a mercy killing til now, shudder ö That is the worst horror in a world full of hurt. I never knew the true definition of a mercy killing til now, shudder ö

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/02/04/mri-brain-scans-show-signs-of-consciousness-in-some-vegetative-patients/#comment-16002 Jeff Lindsay Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:58:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=9916#comment-16002 The intersection of technology and morality will continually challenge us. If only our wisdom could keep pace with our gadgets! The intersection of technology and morality will continually challenge us. If only our wisdom could keep pace with our gadgets!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/02/04/mri-brain-scans-show-signs-of-consciousness-in-some-vegetative-patients/#comment-16001 Dave Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:59:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=9916#comment-16001 That's a sad thing to see people like that. To think they may actually still be consciouse in that state is even worse. That’s a sad thing to see people like that. To think they may actually still be consciouse in that state is even worse.

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