by Douglas Steinberg
FEATURE	Revelations from the Unconscious Can vegetative and minimally conscious states expose the cerebral substrates of awareness? Email: Douglas Steinberg - dsteinberg@the-scientist.com The Scientist 2005, 19(17):17 Published   12 September 2005

Political, ethical, and family conflicts catapulted Terri Schiavo's case to international prominence earlier this year. But a month after the Florida woman's death, a parallel case that generated fewer headlines actually provided greater scientific drama: Donald Herbert, a former firefighter from Buffalo, NY, suddenly asked to talk to his wife after spending a decade in what his doctor reportedly described as a near-vegetative condition.

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