The Importance of Consciousness in Neurology

In neurology, there are people who suffer very severe brain damage. They don't respond to any verbal commands or interactions. But they still go through sleep and wake cycles. When you analyze what was going on in her brain, the areas of the brain that we know from other studies are heavily involved in planning smooth movements were highly active. This is really convincing evidence that this person was conscious even though it was not clear from the outside.