http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/11/man-in-a-vegetative-state-talks-to-his-doctors/ Keeping You Current Tue, 21 May 2013 19:55:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/11/man-in-a-vegetative-state-talks-to-his-doctors/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 Ania Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:22:43 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=7181#comment-1914 We should be careful with getting too caught up with the hype here. While this is a justifiably hot topic, a lot of work still needs to be done concerning ethical implications of this technology before it can be used at the patient's bedside. We provide a more detailed commentary here: http://wp.me/ptqoQ-yF We should be careful with getting too caught up with the hype here. While this is a justifiably hot topic, a lot of work still needs to be done concerning ethical implications of this technology before it can be used at the patient’s bedside. We provide a more detailed commentary here: http://wp.me/ptqoQ-yF

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/11/man-in-a-vegetative-state-talks-to-his-doctors/comment-page-1/#comment-1825 Amy Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:49:43 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=7181#comment-1825 This guy made the same claim the same way in 2006 and other scientists criticized him for not considering alternative explanations or proving definitively that cognition was happening. He's doing it again, and seemingly in the same way. It may be newsworthy, but is this scientific? This guy made the same claim the same way in 2006 and other scientists criticized him for not considering alternative explanations or proving definitively that cognition was happening. He’s doing it again, and seemingly in the same way. It may be newsworthy, but is this scientific?

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