题目
The inner voice of people who appear unconscious can now be heard. For the first time, researchers have struck up a conversation with a man diagnosed as being in a (植物的)state. All they had to do was monitor how his brain responded to specific questions. "They can now have some involvement in their destiny," says Adrian Owen of the University of Cambridge, who led the team doing the work. In an earlier experiment, Owen’s team asked a woman previously diagnosed as being in a vegetative state to picture herself carrying out one of two different activities. The resulting brain activity suggested she understood the commands and was therefore conscious. Now Owen’s team has taken the idea a step further. A man also diagnosed with VS was able to answer yes and no to specific questions by imagining himself engaging in the same activities. The results suggest that it is possible to give a degree of choice to some people who have no other way of communicating with the outside world. "We are not just showing they are conscious, we are giving them a voice and a way to communicate," says (神经病学家)Steven Laureys of the University of Liege in Belgium, Owen’s partner. Doctors traditionally base these diagnoses on how someone behaves: for example, whether they can glance in different directions in response to questions. The new results show that you don’t need behavioural indications to identify awareness and even a degree of cognitive proficiency. All you need to do is tap into brain activity directly. The work "changes everything", says Nicholas Schiff, a neurologist at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, who is carrying out similar work on patients with consciousness disorders. "Knowing that someone could persist in a state like this and not show evidence of the fact that they can answer yes/no questions should he extremely disturbing to our practice." One of the most difficult questions you might want to ask someone is whether they want to carry on living. But as Owen and Laureys point out, the scientific, legal and ethical challenges for doctors asking such questions are formidable.Owen and Lanreys would most probably agree that______. A. patients with VS should not give up their livesB. patients with VS should enjoy legal rights tooC. doctors should leave the choice between life and death to patientsD. doctors should not ask a patient whether be wants to live or die
The inner voice of people who appear unconscious can now be heard. For the first time, researchers have struck up a conversation with a man diagnosed as being in a (植物的)state. All they had to do was monitor how his brain responded to specific questions. "They can now have some involvement in their destiny," says Adrian Owen of the University of Cambridge, who led the team doing the work. In an earlier experiment, Owen’s team asked a woman previously diagnosed as being in a vegetative state to picture herself carrying out one of two different activities. The resulting brain activity suggested she understood the commands and was therefore conscious. Now Owen’s team has taken the idea a step further. A man also diagnosed with VS was able to answer yes and no to specific questions by imagining himself engaging in the same activities. The results suggest that it is possible to give a degree of choice to some people who have no other way of communicating with the outside world. "We are not just showing they are conscious, we are giving them a voice and a way to communicate," says (神经病学家)Steven Laureys of the University of Liege in Belgium, Owen’s partner. Doctors traditionally base these diagnoses on how someone behaves: for example, whether they can glance in different directions in response to questions. The new results show that you don’t need behavioural indications to identify awareness and even a degree of cognitive proficiency. All you need to do is tap into brain activity directly. The work "changes everything", says Nicholas Schiff, a neurologist at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, who is carrying out similar work on patients with consciousness disorders. "Knowing that someone could persist in a state like this and not show evidence of the fact that they can answer yes/no questions should he extremely disturbing to our practice." One of the most difficult questions you might want to ask someone is whether they want to carry on living. But as Owen and Laureys point out, the scientific, legal and ethical challenges for doctors asking such questions are formidable.Owen and Lanreys would most probably agree that______.
- A. patients with VS should not give up their lives
- B. patients with VS should enjoy legal rights too
- C. doctors should leave the choice between life and death to patients
- D. doctors should not ask a patient whether be wants to live or die
题目解答
答案
D
解析
步骤 1：理解背景信息
文章讨论了通过监测脑部活动与处于植物状态的患者进行交流的可能性。研究人员发现，通过让患者想象自己执行特定活动，可以让他们回答“是”或“否”的问题，从而证明他们具有意识和认知能力。
步骤 2：分析问题核心
问题核心在于Owen和Laureys对于医生是否应该询问患者是否愿意继续生活这一问题的态度。文章提到，询问患者是否愿意继续生活是一个非常困难的问题，而Owen和Laureys指出，医生在问这样的问题时会面临科学、法律和伦理上的挑战。
步骤 3：确定答案
根据文章内容，Owen和Laureys认为医生在问患者是否愿意继续生活时会面临科学、法律和伦理上的挑战，因此他们最有可能同意医生不应该问患者是否愿意继续生活。
文章讨论了通过监测脑部活动与处于植物状态的患者进行交流的可能性。研究人员发现，通过让患者想象自己执行特定活动，可以让他们回答“是”或“否”的问题，从而证明他们具有意识和认知能力。
步骤 2：分析问题核心
问题核心在于Owen和Laureys对于医生是否应该询问患者是否愿意继续生活这一问题的态度。文章提到，询问患者是否愿意继续生活是一个非常困难的问题，而Owen和Laureys指出，医生在问这样的问题时会面临科学、法律和伦理上的挑战。
步骤 3：确定答案
根据文章内容，Owen和Laureys认为医生在问患者是否愿意继续生活时会面临科学、法律和伦理上的挑战，因此他们最有可能同意医生不应该问患者是否愿意继续生活。