Man in coma uses his thoughts to tell doctors, ‘I’m not in pain’ Building from a 2010 finding that comatose, “locked in” patients could respond to doctors and “communicate” by scanning their brain activity using fMRI, a “locked in” Canadian man has let his doctors know he is not in pain. Scott Routley has been in a coma for 12 years, but thanks to scans of certain brain activity when he is asked questions, doctors are confident there is a living, aware mind at work in the patient before them. fMRI is difficult to draw a bunch of precise conclusions from, but they were able to tell that he was hearing them, responding to questions, and not in distress. It’s sad to imagine what that must feel like, to be aware, but trapped in an unresponsive body. Bot it’s so wonderful to think how this may affect quality of life for comatose patients in the future. Science is pretty wonderful. (via io9)
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Man in coma uses his thoughts to tell doctors, ‘I’m not in pain’

Building from a 2010 finding that comatose, “locked in” patients could respond to doctors and “communicate” by scanning their brain activity using fMRI, a “locked in” Canadian man has let his doctors know he is not in pain.

Scott Routley has been in a coma for 12 years, but thanks to scans of certain brain activity when he is asked questions, doctors are confident there is a living, aware mind at work in the patient before them. fMRI is difficult to draw a bunch of precise conclusions from, but they were able to tell that he was hearing them, responding to questions, and not in distress.

It’s sad to imagine what that must feel like, to be aware, but trapped in an unresponsive body. Bot it’s so wonderful to think how this may affect quality of life for comatose patients in the future.

Science is pretty wonderful.

(via io9)

Source: io9.com

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    I read an article about this in Discover magazine once and it suggested that this isn’t as rare as once thought. Creepy...
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    This is my actual worst nightmare. Not that he can talk but the fact that he’s been stuck for 12 years.
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    hmm. It’ll be interesting...see more information on this. If you can reliably map answers,...
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