但是，一个没有清醒过来且处于植物人状态的的病人会怎样呢？
But what about patients who are not awake and in a vegetative state?
他检查了44名被认为处于植物人状态的患者，发现其中18人对交流有反应。
He examined 44 patients believed to be in a vegetative state, and found that 18 of them responded to communication.
而尊严死中的推定的承诺是针对处于植物人状态、无法表示其意思的患者而言的；
The presumptive consent in Death with Dignity is for patients who are vegetative station, unable to express their means;
研究人员使用携带型脑电图仪记录了16名被诊断为处于植物人状态的患者大脑中传来的电子信号。
Researchers used a portable electroencephalography (EEG) device to record electrical signals from the brains of 16 patients diagnosed as being in a vegetative state.
研究人员使用便携式脑电图仪记录了16名被诊断为处于植物人状态的患者大脑中传来的电子信号。
Researchers % used a portable electroencephalography (EEG) device to record electrical signals from the brains of 16 patients diagnosed as being in a vegetative state.
两者之间的区别还挺大的，Inglis的儿子已经处于植物人状态，所以他妈妈没办法说是满足孩子寻死的愿望。
There are big differences. Inglis's son was in a vegetative state, so she can't claim she was fulfilling his desire to die.
但是，一个没有清醒过来且处于植物人状态的的病人会怎样呢？这些病人是有知觉的还是有意识的？医生们如何来判定呢？
But what about patients who are not awake and in a vegetative state? How can doctors determine if those people are conscious and aware?
如今，托诺博士和来自比利时的列日大学的史蒂文·洛雷（StevenLaureys）教授正协同合作，在那些长期处于植物人状态的病人上验证他的理论。
Dr. Tononi is now collaborating with Dr. Steven Laureys of the University of Liège in Belgium to test his theory on people in persistent vegetative states.
她处于一种被称为植物人的状态。
意识障碍仍处于灰色地带，从受损严重的“植物人”到令人费解的“最小意识状态”，即病人能悄悄进入或溜出意识状态。
Disorders of consciousness come in shades of gray, from severely impaired "vegetative states" to the perplexing "minimally conscious state" in which people slip into and out of awareness.
在科学界进行的一系列的研究中，研究者把那些处于植物人的状态或者基本无意识的状态的病人放入功能性核磁共振成像设备中，然后要求他们回想自己打网球时的情景。
In one series of experiments, researchers put people in vegetative or minimally conscious states into fMRI scanners and asked them to think about playing tennis.
一项研究证实，那些被认为处于永久植物人状态的患者可能仍然能够进行思考和沟通。
Patients thought to be in a permanently "vegetative" state may still be able to think and communicate, a study has confirmed.
一项研究证实，那些被认为处于永久植物人状态的患者可能仍然能够进行思考和沟通。
Patients thought to be in a permanently "vegetative" state may still be able to think and communicate, a study has confirmed.
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