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Abstract
Owen et al. (Brevia, 8 September 2006, p. 1402) claimed that a patient's brain activity revealed that she was consciously responding to commands despite being in a vegetative state. However, several alternative explanations were not eliminated. Specifically, the activity could reflect unconscious reactions to the last word in the command, not conscious decisions to respond. A refined experimental design could clarify these issues.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17332395 DOI： 10.1126/science.1135284
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728