Ethics, Neuroimaging and Disorders of Consciousness: What Is the Question?

摘要

Antoine de Saint-Exupery once wrote that "the machine" plunges man deeply into the great problems of nature. While he was reflecting over the technology of flight, in this issue of AJOB Neuroscience, two contributions focus on the extent to which brain imaging technologies are plunging us deeply into the study ofmental life after severe brain injury, and the ethical implications of this newly found knowledge.