A patient in a vegetative state can communicate just through using her thoughts, according to research.
A UK/Belgium team studied a 23-year-old woman who had suffered a severe brain injury in a road accident, which left her apparently unable to communicate.
By scanning her brain, they discovered she could understand spoken commands and even imagine playing tennis.
They said their findings, published in Science, were "startling", but cautioned this could be a one-off case.
Vegetative patient 'communicates'
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