This Neuroscientist Uses fMRI to Communicate With People in a Vegetative State | Freethink
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- Whether some patients in vegetative states were actually "there" has always been a mystery. Most people thought it would never be possible to know. Neuroscientist Adrian Owen, author of "Into The Gray Zone" and a professor at Western University in Canada decided to try to communicate with them with the help of fMRI technology to monitor brain activity. He found, amazingly, that around 20% of people in vegetative states are actually aware of their surroundings - and thanks to his technique, able to communicate for the first time.
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Kate was probably screaming in her mind, after that test, "Yes, my god, yes, you found me" and that makes me cry so much. The hope, the joy, the emotion... The sheer, ripping emotion of being found again. Being seen again. Her "self" rediscovered... Gosh, is it inspiring.
Wow yes that picture is really just at the core of human consciousness, how much deeper can we go?
The scientists found her.
Absolutely terrifying.
I'm both amazed and morbidly sad.
The fact that even a fraction of patients that were in a vegetative state could actually be mentally but not physical conscious is very tragic.
How amazing! About five years ago I was hit by a car as I walked across the street and spent the next couple of months in a coma after receiving TBI brain surgery. I'm just glad the doctors knew what they were doing and didn't give up on me.
What does it feels like to be in comma
@@larsenmathias4499 It was like being asleep with no dreaming. I have no memory whatsoever about those two moments in a coma.
My uncle is in coma now it's 5 years
He was riding bike met with accident
Will he recover or not I have no idea I am feeling hopeless
This is astonishing. Holy cow. I'm so excited. Thank everyone who put their time and effort into this research and video highlighting it
I have worked with numerous children that are unable to move their bodies. The group that I was with used a mouse replacement system that uses eye movement and transfers it to computers. Wherever the child would look, the mouse would follow. It was amazing that they were able to communicate with me through their eyes. I find it very sad that many people still believe that people who are in a vegetative state have no awareness and sometimes believe they are are dumb. They know what's going on, they just have no way to communicate. Imagine being trapped inside your body, isolated from the whole world.
They found 20% of patients were stuck in a vegetative state, having to lie there day in day out with nothing to do. That's horrific. At least now they might be able to play some audio books or something for them to help ease the mind numbing boredom.
Paget Vido you know what. If I was in that state. Listening to a book wouldn't be that bad. That be pretty nice
Patients in a vegetative state won't be able to process, let alone hear what the audiobooks are saying. Otherwise you could communicate with them by telling to blink twice for an answer. They can't think or feel boredom as they are unaware of what's going on. It's like being in a coma but your body is awake and reacts to stimuli but your conciousness isn't there. You are lost in a dream and cannot communicate or feel time passing by. You can't even make a signal to tell your loved ones that you want to be euthanised.
@@dirty_dan75158 That's a relief, though it makes consciousness even more mysterious, and kinda creepy. I wonder how many different types of coma there are, and what kind of information they can process.
That depends, if you're sleeping you'd be inside a dream. So depending on the content, maybe the audio book could trigger a nightmare. Not fun when you can't wake up at will. I wouldn't offer any other stimuli than music I knew they'd enjoy.
Wow.
OMG, why hasn't this been done long ago? I cannot imagine being considered to be in a vegetative state, when in fact fully awake & aware. It's like being buried alive, one of my greatest fesrs.
God bless this man for carrying this out.
You guys deserve way more subscribers! Keep up the amazing content quality and thank you for doing these videos!
Thank you!
This channel blows my mind! Nice video Freethink!
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
I really hope this technology will progress more because the thought of getting ALS and then getting put down is really horrifying.
Hi, I'm professor Gabriel Jauregui from the Catholic University of Cordoba. I made a new spanish translation for this video to watch with my students here in Argentina. I would like you to acept my contributions so latinamerican people can use those captions. Thank You.
Thank you for doing so, will do!
Should be approved now.
Can you imagine this breakthrough aided by AI and VR? In a few years you could put on your VR headset and talk to your loved one!
I totally support this; i am not old enough to donate but i support
Wow. I hope that the research on this will move forward.
beautiful
Brainscan mind-reading is like decoding the language from Arrival.
Wow! This is extraordinary! Totally awesome!
You Know what. That's nice. This is a great thing to do for these people
Jesus I thought there was a way to do this already, You mean to tell me we just figured it out? Wow !! Thank you so much for not giving up !!! I’m literally bawling 😭 !!! Thank you!!!
Very good Theory :D Keep up the good work!
Tbh if I was ever in that situation I'd rather be put down than live like that
Get this man on the JRE
one of the few ads i actually watched lol good job
Really cool, gave me chills.
Wow! Amazing!
This is amazing
wonderful! Thanks for sharing =]
Im just worried that when sifi mind reading is an actual science and can be done it will be used in something it wasnt originally for like used in war and maybe lead to a dystopian society where if you think diffrently or think about anything that is not accepted you will be killed or imprisoned
one-stop killing very true, but don't forget this is a tool, and just like any other tool it can be used to benefit you or to harm you.
Ammar Yassir yea i know that every invention ever has its pros and cons
They don't need to read your mind to do that. Dystopian society is more prevalent than care to acknowledge.
Look at how people who are different from the status quo get treated.
If that were to happen it wouldn't be the fault of the new technology. It would be our fault for not listening to and not financing philosophers, ethical comities and human rights activists enough. We all have a tendency to be exited about shiny new toys like this mind reading technology ,but also laugh at the soft sciences , that we need just as badly as the mind reading in order to have this be a plus for humanity and not a minus.
L Ron Hubbard explained this over 60 years ago and devised assist actions to bring people unconscious or in a coma back to consciousness in a relative short time. This might include a few sessions of short duration. Very easy to learn how to do it.
I wish they knew this when I was comatose. I knew they were there & talking ro me.
Forget them thinking. How do we get them to start moving and responding again? I have an idea that just might work.
amazing
Finally, real science again!
This is the sort of technology research that could possibly lead to a technology from shows like Sword Art Online
Bio Toa7 same here.
Yeah, like determining what your movements are while in game by your reading brain patterns.
How would this work in people with aphantasia?
wow, fascinating 😍
Nice
Amazing
This is a lot less serious, but somewhat related are used to get in trouble for gagging and throwing up at school 84. Everyone thought I was doing it on command so I got in trouble for it. My personal aid didn’t wanna deal with me anymore because of it. If they could look at my brain scan, they wouldn’t have accused me of forcing that
People in these states might think they're in purgatory. Must be a living hell.... Endless limbo. If i was in a vegetative state, id want the plug pulled, ESPECIALLY if i was conscious.
astonishing..
13thg. ?
Darth Vader be like: once this tech is Goodenough!!
Goodenough:stop calling me, you aren't in charge yet.
oh my God they need to test this on the poor girl who gave birth from rape! I feel so sad for her but maybe this could help her in some way!
So would Elons, neuralink tech be able to decode the brain patterns of a vegetative person?
Deep
2021, heard no more about it
Why would anyone want to be conscious in a vegetative state, that to me is the most terrifying thing I could imagine. If I could communicate in a vegetative state I would say “kill me now, you son of a bitch.”
Wasn't the proof of concept for this done in the early 90's?
I wish my grandma was still alive
Sports fan Games Sorry to hear that buddy. May she rest in peace.
No dislikes? Let me just go ahead and fix that....
Your a monster
I hope your One of your friends or your family
Slaps you in the face
For the record, that 1 dislike was not me. lol
What about the 80%?
Give it another 5 yrs and we are going to see some unreal amazing medical advances
My wife of 7 months pregnant went into anyplactic shock and is in vegetative coma. Her eyes are open she swallow her siliva she yawns she sneeze she also cry from her cramp she sleeps and she wakes up when is sleepy and want to sleep i try to make some noise and she wakes up like she can hear the noise but when i talk to her like in this video she dont respond.
I have no idea how many patients are there like my wife but I pray do God that every patient get their life back
How is your wife now please?
@امل عبد السميع "today it's been 10 months she's still in a coma we lost the baby of 7.5 months old in the womb
May God compensate you with goodness and heal your wife and my brother. Lord
@@BilalKhan-be4oe 🤲🤲🤲
wasn’t this the plot of Flatliners?
Only 1000 people liked it ????
But what if your deaf and blind..
Terrifying to think that the doctors could decide wrongly and keep you alive.
...And yet their organs get harvested without anesthetic. "They can't feel anything anyway!"
Kataroku Oh my god; does that really happen!?
It doesn’t. Kataroku is lying, doctors don’t harvest organs from individuals in a vegetative state. They harvest organs from people who are brain dead.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Our cultures obsession with life at conception and pro life has created hell on earth for millions of of people.
Bb
why not use magic mushrooms since they regrow the brain?
The brain is a coincoisness reducer, not producer.
i think it lets us take in as much as we can handle