KERA's Think

Communicating With The Unconscious


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One of the biggest challenges doctors face is caring for patients with whom they can’t communicate. Science writer Christof Koch joins us for a conversation about how researchers are hopeful that they can soon measure consciousness by zapping the brain with magnetic pulses. His story “How to Make a Consciousness Meter” appears in Scientific American.
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