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Related: About this forumTests on Ariel Sharon’s brain show some improvement
Keep hope alive.JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Tests on former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon showed that he has significant brain activity, despite being presumed to be in a vegetative state.
The tests conducted at Soroka University Medical Center to assess to what extent Sharon's brain responded to external stimuli showed significant brain activity, including when he saw photos of his family and heard his son's voice, the medical center said in a statement issued Sunday.
The tests were conducted late last week.
Information from the external world is being transferred to the appropriate parts of Mr. Sharons brain, however, the evidence does not as clearly indicate whether Mr. Sharon is consciously perceiving this information, according to Professor Martin Monti of the departments of psychology and neurosurgery at the University of California Los Angeles.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/01/27/3117911/tests-on-ariel-sharons-brain-show-some-improvement
hlthe2b
(102,297 posts)I don't know.... I wouldn't want this for myself, I know my parents would not have wanted it...
Excitement over what is essentially evidence of some synapses firing with no conscious awareness in someone very likely to have age related deterioration, even without the stroke?..
bemildred
(90,061 posts)So, better not.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)may have avoided the stroke which felled him. It's too bad really when people don't look after themselves and only try to when it is too late.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)So to speak ...
But this works pretty well too.
As I said in post #2, I'd better be quiet or I'll offend somebody.
shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)he went on a hunger strike, in 1995. Journalists had a field day with it. Amazingly, it lasted for eight days, although it probably improved his health.
LeftishBrit
(41,208 posts)I wouldn't want to be kept alive for years in such a condition - even worse if there are flickers of awareness. My mother has signed an advance directive to prevent such a situation for herself. I realize some people want to be kept alive under any circumstances, but to me some fates are worse than death.