You Are a Physician Working with Patients Who Have Been

Multiple Choice

You are a physician working with patients who have been diagnosed as being in a vegetative state. If you present these patients with various types of auditory stimuli, you would likely find that

A) none of the patients ever demonstrated any ERP activity due to their lack of consciousness.
B) some patients produce ERP activity in response to the auditory stimuli of their names.
C) some patients produce a variety of strong and distinct ERP activation when presented with action words.
D) it is impossible to determine if any of the patients retain any cognitive abilities.