Friday, September 08, 2006

A useful brain scan for a change

Brain scan shows that vegetative patients can think - Britain - Times Online

I have recently criticised the type of research that MRI scans have used for (finding a "God spot" in the brain, for example.)

The story above shows a much more meaningful use - finding out whether a person in a vegatitive state has awareness or not.

Mind you, it may make withdrawal of life support decisions more difficult rather than less, but it's still worth looking into.

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