It has long been thought that not much hope remains for people that fall into a persistent vegetative state, but scientists have not given up. A recent success was reported when neurosurgeons ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them — findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and ...

Breakthrough study shows that special new tests can determine whether the patient is aware New York : Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have ...

A patient in a seemingly vegetative state, unable to move or speak, showed signs of attentive awareness that had not been detected before, a new study reveals. This patient could focus on words ...

Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them — findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for ...

New Delhi, Oct. 16: An Indian engineer-turned-neuroscientist has helped discover signatures of hidden awareness in the brain networks of some unconscious and unresponsive patients in a vegetative ...

NEW YORK – Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them – findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and ...

The new research suggests that standard tests may overlook patients who have some consciousness, and that someday some kind of communication may be possible. In the strongest example, a 29-year-old ...