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008			171220s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng d
010			_a 2017297093
020			_a9781783350988 _q(hardcover)
020			_z9781501135200 _q(hardcover)
020			_z9781501135217 _q(paperback)
020			_z97815001135224 _q(ebook)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn961010756
040			_aYDX _beng _cYDX _erda _dBDX _dOCLCQ _dDLC _dAU
049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aRB150.C6 _bO94 2017
100	1		_aOwen, Adrian M., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aInto the gray zone : _ba neuroscientist explores the border between life and death / _cAdrian Owen.
260			_c©2017.
264		1	_aNew York : _bGuardian Books, _c©2017.
300			_axi, 304 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-281) and index.
505	0		_aThe ghost that haunts me -- First contact -- The unit -- Half-life -- Scaffolds of consciousness -- Psychobabble -- The world as will -- Tennis, anyone? -- Yes and no -- Are you in pain? -- Live or let die? -- Alfred Hitchcock presents -- Back from the dead -- Take me home -- Reading minds.
520			_aA neuroscientist reveals his work with patients believed to be brain dead to explain how up to twenty percent of them were still consciously alive, sharing insights into what life may be like for such patients and its moral implications.--
520			_a"From renowned neuroscientist Adrian Owen comes a thrilling, heartbreaking tale of discovery in one of the least-understood scientific frontiers: the twilight region between full consciousness and brain death. People who inhabit this middle region called the 'gray zone' have sustained traumatic brain injuries or are the victims of stroke or degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Many are oblivious to the outside world, and their doctors and families often believe they're incapable of thought. But a sizable number of patients--as many as twenty percent--are experiencing something different: intact minds adrift within damaged brains and bodies. In 2006, Adrian Owen led a team that discovered this lost population and made medical history, provoking an ongoing debate among scientists, physicians, and philosophers about the meaning, value, and purpose of life. In Into the Gray Zone, we follow Owen as he pushes forward the boundaries of science, using a variety of sophisticated brain scans, auditory prompts, and even Alfred Hitchcock film clips to not only 'find' patients who are trapped inside their heads but to actually communicate with them and elicit answers to moving questions, such as 'Are you in pain?' and 'Do you want to go on living?' and 'Are you happy?' (Many gray zone patients do, in fact, claim to be satisfied with their quality of life.) Into the Gray Zone shines a fascinating light on how we think, remember, and pay attention. And it shows us how the field of brain-computer interfaces is about to explode, radically changing prognoses for people with impaired brain function and creating, for all of us, the tantalizing possibility of telepathy and augmented intelligence. Ultimately; this is not just a spellbinding story of scientific discovery but a deeply human, affirming book that causes us to wonder anew at the indomitable bonds of love."--
650		0	_aPersistent vegetative state.
650		0	_aBrain damage _xPatients.
650		0	_aPersistent vegetative state _xMoral and ethical aspects.
650		1	_aBrain damage _xPatients.
650	1	2	_aPersistent Vegetative State.
650	1	2	_aBrain Damage, Chronic.
650		4	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical.
650		4	_aSCIENCE / Cognitive Science.
650		4	_aMEDICAL / Neuroscience.
650		7	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY _xMedical. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aMEDICAL _xNeuroscience. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSCIENCE _xCognitive Science. _2bisacsh
653			_aLocked-in syndrome.
655		0	_2local _94 _aPrint books.
942			_2lcc _cBOOKS