Chilling

[esotericangel9]

There is an article right now that has been sending ripples through the scientific community. It is about using functional MRI scans to communicate with patients in a persistent vegetative state or those with the eerie diagnosis of a "minimally conscious state". Basically, when you voluntarily think of doing some kind of physical task (such as

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[everlastingyea]

wow. seriously wow. do you have a link to the article itself and/or to news coverage of it?

[esotericangel9]

Here is a link to the article, but I am not sure if it is behind a firewall. If it is, I can send you the article. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMoa0905370

Here is some news coverage of the article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/health/04brain.html?hp

By the way, did you know Lady Gaga has a song called "Alejandro"?

[everlastingyea]

thanks nat! the article worked.

lol, yeah someone told us about the alejandro song. that song sounds just like abba. i think lady gaga sounds like abba in general though.

:)

[flyingover]

Whoa.