After years of studying the brains of vegetative patients, this is the first evidence, the researchers say, of awareness in such a patient, rather than simple automatic brain responses.

After years of studying the brains of vegetative patients, this is the first evidence, the researchers say, of awareness in such a patient, rather than simple automatic brain responses.

在对植物人患者的大脑进行多年研究后，研究者们称，这是此类患者中第一个有知觉而不是只有简单的大脑本能反应的病例。