A recent study found that about one in four people who have disorders of consciousness, such as being in a coma or a minimally conscious state, may still have cognitive function. Even though they can’t move or speak, these individuals were shown via brain scans to be able to sometimes perform cognitive tasks following instruction. The study looked into participant data from 2006 to 2023, gathered from various healthcare settings across six multinational sites, including some in Europe. It looked into the prevalence of “cognitive motor dissociation” based on the data of 353 patients who have su…