​Which Result Suggests That Someone in a Vegetative State Might

question 9

Multiple Choice

​Which result suggests that someone in a vegetative state might be conscious?

• A)Some people in a vegetative state learned to blink their eyes to spell words.
• B)​The brain shows increased activity during times when body temperature increases.
• C)​An instruction to imagine doing something activated appropriate areas of the brain.
• D)​Some people in a vegetative state turn toward the voices of people they know.

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Definitions:

Verbal Comprehension

The ability to understand words, sentences, and texts; often assessed in psychological testing as an aspect of cognitive ability.

Expressional Fluency

A measure of an individual's ability to swiftly find words and articulate ideas effectively.

Associative Memory

A form of memory that links related information, allowing the recall of an associated item when a related cue is presented.

Memory Scanning

The mental process of searching through stored information in memory to find a specific piece of data.