Neurologists Research On Consciousness

 In the United States, hundreds of thousands of such patients are diagnosed as either vegetative or minimally conscious, leaving families and medical professionals grappling with the uncertainty of whether these individuals have any awareness.

A recent study suggests that about 25% of these patients may have some level of consciousness. Neurologists from six research centers conducted tests on 241 unresponsive patients, asking them to perform complex cognitive tasks like imagining themselves playing tennis. A quarter of these patients showed brain activity patterns similar to those of healthy individuals, indicating they were able to think and had some awareness. Dr. Nicholas Schiff, a neurologist at Weill Cornell Medicine and co-author of the study, estimated that up to 100,000 patients in the United States might have some consciousness despite their severe injuries.

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