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Poptech2011.1.11---Adrian Owen:搜尋意識
Adrian Owen: Search for Consciousness
What if you were completely conscious but couldn't move or speak? Neuroscientist Adrian Owen and his team have been using brain-imaging techniques to determine levels of consciousness in vegetative patients. By giving simple commands and then measuring brain activity, Owen has learned some patients are completely aware despite being entirely unable to communicate or move their limbs.
阿德里安歐文：搜尋意識
如果你是完全清醒，但不能移動或說話？神經科學家阿德里安歐文和他的團隊一直在使用大腦成像技術來確定各級植物人的意識。通過給簡單的指令，然後測量大腦的活動，歐文已經學到了一些病人完全意識到，儘管被完全無法溝通或移動他們的肢體。