Science opens up the mind.....

[Rath]

Slimebeast said:

Rath said:

Slimebeast said:
So how did they know a guy in a vegetative state imagined a tennis scene and roaming streets? lol

Worthless article which doesn't even explain the story properly.

Because they told him to.

They're saying he isn't vegetative but 'trapped' in his body.

Yes, I understand they told him to. But how did they measure it?

As I understand it, the question was "is Alex your dad" and to confirm that they told him to think of tennis as a 'yes' (and traffic as a "no"). But how did they measure he actually thought of a tennis scene? Can u see that on a MRI scan lol?

Tennis is 'motor' while walking the streets is 'spatial'.

 

They affect different areas of the brain and as such can be seen on a MRI scan.