Emerging from coma quiz

In a coma episode, the eyes remain ______

'Vegetative state' has been renamed 'unresponsive ___________ syndrome'.

"Waking" from a coma is also known as _________

Locked-in syndrome is the result of an injury to the

• gray matter

• brain stem

• hypothalmus

• cerbral cortex

The most famous scale for the assesment of consciousness is the _______ coma scale.

Which imaging tools can scientists use in language assesment of coma patients?

• CT scan

• EEG

• MRI

In the _______ listening task, patients hear words or sentences.

In the active listening task, patients respond to a command.

• true

• false

What does brain activity in a patient in a minimally conscious state look like?