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Help please? how is it possible for a brain dead victim to respond to voices and touch?
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Bizarre politics: The random movements of someone we know has lost cortical function can be manipulated in videos to appear purposeful. In some of the high-profile politicized cases, the claim was made that the individual recognized people and enjoyed music. Distinguish this from conscious but "locked in" or "unable to respond", in which mri's show the ability to answer yes-no questions by thinking of scenes.
Answered 9/29/2016
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