"Physicians and society are not ready for 'I have brain activation, therefore I am,'" Dr. Ropper wrote.

“医生和社会都不能接受‘我的大脑有活动，所以我存在’的说法”罗普尔博士写道。

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In an editorial accompanying the article, Dr. Allan H. Ropper, a neurologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, similarly warned against equating neural activity and identity.

在与这篇文章同时发表的社论中，波士顿的布莱根妇女医院的神经科学家阿兰·h·罗普尔也警告人们不要将神经活动等同于自我意识。

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"This is beginning to open a new wedge into brain science, " Ropper said.

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"That's very provocative, " said Dr. Allan Ropper, a neurologist at Brigham and Women's and Harvard University who wrote a commentary in the journal.

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