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Petra X
Please read, you don't have to 'like' it, but really this could save your life or the life of a loved one. If you are 100% paralyzed from a brain injury, whether it is from disease or an accident, you are very likely to be diagnosed quite quickly as being in a vegative state.

The next step is to remove the life support. And you're dead. But say your body is dead but your mind is 100% alive and well in that heavy, iron Diving Bell and you could hear and see everything that was going on? You migh
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Mary
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Into the Gray Zone is a scientific quest to discover and learn about the territory of the mind and the brain. What happens to people that are in a coma? Are they aware of their surroundings? Do they still have memories or likes and dislikes? Or do they float without thought through a dark void?

This book follows a series of clever and evolving tests designed to answer these and other questions. For example, a comatose patient has his or her brain activity monitored and is asked to imagine playin
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