What evidence suggests that some people in a vegetative state may be conscious?
What will be an ideal response?
People in a vegetative state were asked to imagine playing tennis, and at other times to imagine the layout of their house. For some people, the result was brain activity similar to that of intact people who were imagining the same activities.
You might also like to view...
Darla was in an automobile accident that resulted in an injury to her brain. Her sense of touch has been affected. Which lobe of her cerebral cortex is the most likely site of the damage?
A. Frontal B. Temporal C. Occipital D. Parietal
The ____ changes electrical signals into basic visual sensations.
A. somatosensory cortex B. medulla C. visual association area D. primary visual cortex
During a fugue state, patients diagnosed with dissociative fugue a. travel and typically experience memory loss during their trip
b. travel involuntarily but do not experience memory loss. c. temporarily lose memory of who they are but are able to recover their sense of identity after the fugue state. d. Permanently lose memory of who they are and seldom recover any sense of their own identity.
While sitting at a meeting with his work colleagues one day, Delton is feeling very opposed to a position that most of his peers have endorsed
He wants to raise his point and contradict the others, but he is worried that this will cause the others to think badly of him and refuse to work with him on the project. Because of this, he stays quiet. Which of the fundamental human motivations noted by your authors is swaying Delton's behavior? a) favorable self-concept b) informational conformity c) relationship maintenance d) accuracy