“It’s uncomfortable to think that people could be trapped inside themselves†Finn O’Hara
WHEN he found out that his old flame, Maureen, was in a vegetative state as a result of a brain haemorrhage, started wondering whether she, and other people in a similar situation, might have some awareness. He was already scanning parts of the brain to study their function, so when he got the chance a year later to scan Kate, a woman in a vegetative state, he jumped at it. Kate made occasional involuntary movements, but didn’t respond to external stimuli. It…
