对于大多数人而言,意识和无意识状态很容易区分,但对一些脑损伤患者来说,两者之间就很难区分了。现在,神经学家设计出了一种脑活动单一度量标准,将有助于区分不同的意识状态,并指导脑损伤患者的医学治疗。“这是一个非常有意义的研究。”美国哈佛大学医学院斯伯丁康复医院神经心理康复科主任Joseph Giacino说。 For most people, it’s easy to distinguish between conscious and unconscious states, but for some people with brain damage, it’s hard to tell the difference. Now neurologists have devised a single measure of brain activity that will help to distinguish between different states of consciousness and to guide the medical treatment of patients with brain damage. “This is a very meaningful study,” said Joseph Giacino, director of neuropsychological rehabilitation at the Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital at Harvard Medical School in the United States.