Vegetable also "want to" play tennis

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If a person is declared in a vegetative state, usually means that her brain had lost consciousness, all around the lack of response. But a group of scientists in the United Kingdom, on 8 September in science magazine on a startling discovery: some vegetable although unable to communicate with the outside world, but their thinking is still very active, or even understand their situation, can imagine making "Tennis" response.

The report is published to Neurology expert Adrian · Owen-led a research group, University of Cambridge. They used the instrument scans a woman vegetable brain, accidentally discovered this woman should be able to imagine the scene of tennis, her brain is able to respond to some of the directive.

This shows that this woman vegetable has a consciousness. But this case is a case or generally, there are widespread controversy.

Technology channels () message: ' expert Adrian · Owen-led a research group, University of Cambridge. They used the instrument scans a woman vegetable brain, accidentally discovered this woman should be able to imagine the scene of tennis, her brain is able to respond to some of the directive.

This shows that this woman vegetable has a consciousness. But this case is a case or generally, there are widespread controversy.

In case of an accident as a vegetable

The report does not reveal the names of 23-year-old women. Her in July 2005 of a traffic accident in brain damage, is in a coma. About two weeks later, she opened my eyes and start cycling to sleep and waking state, but was unable to communicate. After five months after repeated checks, local doctors discovered she had no awareness of the brain, then make a decision that she is already in a vegetative state.

Daniel Owen-led research team decided to conduct an unprecedented experiment, trying to use advanced technology to find her damaged brain awareness campaign signs.

In the experiment, the researchers have repeatedly asked her to give the same directive, for example, she said "Tennis" 20 times, remind her imagined herself is the ball, the ball and the ball, or ask her to imagine themselves at home from one room to another room to wander about.

These instructions are issued at repeated at the same time, the research group uses nuclear magnetic resonance scanner on her brain activity is scanned and found that her brain activity instruction is different for a change. Even more shocking is that these changes and those who hear the same directive and related thought exactly the same as normal people.

The scientists wrote in the report: "these results demonstrate that the patient is able to pass the brain activity to respond to verbal commands, while she cannot speak or action. ”

"It is obvious that she intends to meet, this is no doubt that she and the surrounding environment conscious. "The report said.

In the next test, this female patients seems to be able to use her eyes follow the direction of the mirror, but this is her conscious finally signs, she completely recovered Outlook is still uncertain.

"Most importantly, she is still thinking activities. "The New York Medical College of Cornell's expert Philip Hynes said:" we see is probably the way to restore sense of a window, but we are currently unable to respond. ”