Electric zap ‘wakes’ man after 15 years in a vegetative state
25 September 2017
A man in a vegetative state for 15 years has been able to open his eyes, move his head, and even try to smile, after electrical stimulation of his vagus nerve
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Found 4 results for Anil Ananthaswamy
Meet the team who 'woke' a man from 15 years in vegetative state
25 September 2017
Angela Sirigu and her team stimulated the brain of a man who fell into a vegetative state after a car crash 2001. Now he can move his eyes and listen to music
Consciousness helps us learn quickly in a changing world
27 June 2017
What's the point of consciousness? Experiments suggest it evolved to help us learn and adapt more rapidly than we could without it
A classic quantum test could reveal the limits of the human mind
19 May 2017
Using human consciousness as the trigger in a test of ‘spooky action at a distance’ could tell us whether mind is made of different stuff than matter
