Do patients with unresponsive wakefulness recognize loved ones? - Medical Studies

 



Date:
December 16, 2013
Source:
American Friends of Tel Aviv University
Summary:
Patients in a vegetative state do not respond to what is happening around them and exhibit no signs of conscious awareness. Now research has shown that the brains of patients in a vegetative state emotionally react to photographs of people they know personally as though they recognize them.
Read the article: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131216155010.htm