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A patient is examined during a scan at the University Hospital in Liege, Belgium,
Thursday, Feb. 04, 2010

Open quotePhysicians and society are not ready for 'I have brain activation, therefore I am.' That would seriously put Descartes before the horse.Close quote

  • Dr. ALLAN ROPPER,
  • a neurologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, warning against equating neural activity with identity after a report claimed that vegetative patients can signal "yes" or "no" via brain scans
Photo: Yves Logghe / AP | Source: NEW YORK TIMES