Emily Has Been in a Coma for Longer Than Three

question 42

Multiple Choice

Emily has been in a coma for longer than three months.Emily's doctors are most likely to diagnose her as

• A) having unresponsive wakefulness syndrome.
• B) being in a minimally conscious state.
• C) experiencing change blindness.
• D) having split brain.

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Definitions:

Two Hundred Million

Indicates a numerical quantity, often used in geological contexts to denote age, such as 200 million years ago.

Submarine Canyons

Deep, steep-sided valleys cut into the seabed of the continental slope, often extending well beyond the depth of the surrounding ocean floor.

Oceanic Plateau

Elevated regions of the ocean floor, characterized by a relatively flat topography, and often formed by volcanism or large igneous provinces.

Back-Arc Spreading

The formation of new oceanic crust behind a volcanic arc, resulting from the divergent movement of plates at a convergent boundary, a reiteration emphasizing plate tectonic mechanisms.