simple thing to do, try operant conditioning with certain EEG wave forms as the conditioned behavior - ie increase in alpha or delta waves. If she responds to the conditioning, then most likely there's cognition.
larry On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:01:36 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I was considering Dana's points that there may be reasonable doubt as to > the extent of Ms. Schiavo's incapacitation. > > If we consider the possibility that Ms. Schiavo actually IS alive in there, > that she has the ability to think, to reason, to perceive, to make > decisions......and yet has absolutely NO way of expressing any of these > things.... all of a sudden her situation becomes even MORE tragice, in my > opinion. > > I can't imagine the horror of being awake, of being aware, of being > cognizant, and yet of having no way of expressing any of it.....for 15 > years. > > I'm curious what your thoughts on this are Dana. If your suspicions are > right, and Ms. Schiavo is still alive mentally......does this make her > situation better, or worse? Would this fact actually make the case stronger > for ending her suffering? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151307 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
