Functional MRI has shown that aspects of cognitive and emotional processing and even conscious awareness might be retained in some patients who have been diagnosed as vegetative. Owen and Coleman ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Arizona Republic reporter Stephanie Innes about a Phoenix patient, who gave birth while in a vegetative state, and the following investigation.

Patient in 'vegetative state' not just aware, but paying attention, study suggests Date: October 31, 2013 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: A patient in a seemingly vegetative state, unable ...

A comparison of the man's brain activity before and after he had vagus nerve stimulation. Corazzol et al. Some 25,000 people in the United States alone live in some form of a vegetative state.