Canadian researchers suggest testing the brain activity of people who are in a vegetative state, with the help of film masterpieces from the master of horror. Scientists from the University of Western Ontario are convinced that the reaction of patients to the classic horror help doctors determine whether their patients in mind.
Experts conducted an experiment involving a man 16 years in a coma, and, until recently, completely indifferent to external stimuli. Seriously ill patients showed an 8-minute Hitchcock how five year old playing with a loaded gun, without thinking about the consequences of such dangerous activities. Shots were accompanied by an alarming music pumped more tension.
Throughout the film show patients in vegetative state , Conducted MRI brain. In the study, experts found that the activity of the body of the patient was not less than that of healthy people who are a little earlier showed the same short film.
"This means that the patient remains conscious only partially, as responding to what is happening on the screen," - say Canadian researchers. Experts believe that their discovery will help doctors identify which of vegetative patients is not hopeless, as previously thought, but simply can not communicate with the outside world. (READ MORE)
Throughout the film show patients in vegetative state , Conducted MRI brain. In the study, experts found that the activity of the body of the patient was not less than that of healthy people who are a little earlier showed the same short film.
"This means that the patient remains conscious only partially, as responding to what is happening on the screen," - say Canadian researchers.
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