Your brain is active as if you were awake, your EEGs are similar to waking, paralyzed except for the eyes, oh, men get erections and you have dreams.

大脑处于活跃状态，像清醒时一样，脑电图也和清醒时相似，但除了眼部，全身都不会动，男人会勃起，梦境会出现。

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This might not seem a big deal, but it is the first time science has proved what was hitherto mere speculation: that the brain, when dreaming, behaves like the brain when awake.

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Patients in a vegetative state are awake, not in a coma, but have no awareness because of severe brain damage.

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So you might think that doctors would welcome a new brain wave monitor, made by Aspect Medical Systems, that indicates whether a patient is awake or asleep.

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