Into the Grey Zone

A startling tale of a neuroscientific discovery that revolutionises our thinking about life and death - and gives patients and their families the answers they crave.

In 2006 Dr Adrian Owen and his team made medical history. They discovered a new realm of consciousness, somewhere between life and death, which they called the Grey Zone. The people who inhabit it are frequently labelled as irretrievably lost, with no awareness or sense of self. The shocking truth is that they are often still there, an intact mind trapped inside a broken body and brain, hearing everything around them, experiencing emotions, thoughts, pleasure and pain. But now, through Dr Owen's pioneering techniques, we can talk to them - and they can talk back.

Autorentext
Dr Adrian Owen is a British neuroscientist. He is currently the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and imaging at The Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, Canada. He has worked at the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University and the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge. His work has appeared in many of the world's most prestigious scientific and medical journals: Science, Nature, the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. His research has been widely discussed on BBC News, Channel 4 News, ITN, SKY, and Radio 4. Owenlab.org

Klappentext

Neuroscientist Adrian Owen explores the nature of the border between life and death, giving patients and their families the answers they often crave about what is occurring in cases of people being in a critical condition, or in an unresponsive state.

Zusammenfassung
In 2006 Dr Adrian Owen and his team made medical history. But now, through Dr Owen's pioneering techniques, we can talk to them - and they can talk back.