{"id":173739,"date":"2023-10-08T06:25:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T11:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/brain-scans-reveal-the-mystery-of-hidden-consciousness"},"modified":"2023-10-08T06:25:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T11:25:40","slug":"brain-scans-reveal-the-mystery-of-hidden-consciousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/brain-scans-reveal-the-mystery-of-hidden-consciousness","title":{"rendered":"Brain scans reveal the mystery of \u201chidden consciousness\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/brain-scans-reveal-the-mystery-of-hidden-consciousness2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Columbia University researchers have identified patterns of brain injury linked to \u201chidden consciousness\u201d \u2014 and the discovery could lead to better outcomes for people in comas or vegetative states.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hidden consciousness:<\/strong> Severe brain injuries can cause \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/health\/depression-consciousness-disorder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disorders of consciousness<\/a>\u201d (DoC), such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/science\/using-fmri-to-communicate-with-people-in-a-vegetative-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vegetative states<\/a>, in which a person looks awake, but lacks any indication they are aware of their surroundings, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/health\/consciousness-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comas<\/a>, where they appear neither awake nor aware.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/some-people-who-appear-to-be-in-a-coma-may-actually-be-conscious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15\u201320%<\/a> of people with a DoC are also experiencing a phenomenon called \u201ccognitive motor dissociation\u201d (CMD), or \u201chidden consciousness.\u201d That means they <em>are<\/em> aware of what\u2019s going on around them, but they can\u2019t physically respond to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia University researchers have identified patterns of brain injury linked to \u201chidden consciousness\u201d \u2014 and the discovery could lead to better outcomes for people in comas or vegetative states. Hidden consciousness: Severe brain injuries can cause \u201cdisorders of consciousness\u201d (DoC), such as vegetative states, in which a person looks awake, but lacks any indication they [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}