In One PET Scan Study, Normal Individuals and Patients in a Persistent

question 666

Multiple Choice

In one PET scan study, normal individuals and patients in a persistent vegetative state were administered a mildly painful stimulus. Findings from this study included which of the following?

• A)Normal individuals consciously reported feeling pain, while vegetative patients did not.
• B)PET scans revealed brain activity in the midbrain, thalamus, and somatosensory cortex of both normal individuals and vegetative patients.
• C)Only the normal individuals in this study showed activity in frontal cortical regions, while the patients in a vegetative state did not.
• D)All of these were findings of this study.

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