Despite Near-Total Paralysis, Patients Remain Happy
Happiness is a relative thing: Most patients with so-called “locked-in syndrome”—they’re mentally aware but physically paralyzed and unable to communicate except with their eyes—characterize themselves as happy. Of the 65 patients who took part in the first major study of the issue, mostly by blinking, 47 said they…
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Despite Near-Total Paralysis, Patients Remain Happy
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