The document discusses research on consciousness and brain activity in vegetative patients, highlighting studies by Steven Laureys and others. It mentions a notable case where a woman in a vegetative state exhibited brain activity indicative of imagining playing tennis. The studies also compare brain responses in patients to those in healthy individuals when exposed to speech sounds and televised violence.

9. Steven Laureys, Ph.D. Neurologist and Researcher at the
University of Liège studying coma and consciousness

10. Owen, A., & Coleman, M. (2008, May). Speech-specific responses in healthy volunteers (top) and in three vegetative patients. The fMRI responses of the
three patients when speech sounds were compared with signal-correlated noise are very similar to those observed in healthy, awake volunteers. Color
Photograph. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1129, 133. Retrieved August 5, 2009, doi:10.1196/annals.1417.018
Woman in vegetative state plays tennis in her
head
September 12, 2006 From CNN Health
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A woman in a
vegetative state for five months appeared in
brain scans to imagine playing tennis and to
respond to commands, researchers reported
on Thursday.

14. Children's brain activations while viewing
televised violence revealed by fMRI
Murray, J.P., Liotti, M., Ingmundson, P.T., Mayberg, H.S., Pu, Y.,
Zamarripa, F., Liu, Y., Woldorff, M.G., Gao, J-H., & Fox, P.T.(2006).
Children's brain activations while viewing televised violence
revealed by fMRI. Media Psychology, 8 (1), 25-37.