Qui l'articolo originale: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0905370 ovviamente il discorso e' leggermente meno ottimistico del servizio sul tg.
Of the 54 patients enrolled in the study, 5 were able to willfully modulate their brain activity. In three of these patients, additional bedside testing revealed some sign of awareness, but in the other two patients, no voluntary behavior could be detected by means of clinical assessment. One patient was able to use our technique to answer yes or no to questions during functional MRI; however, it remained impossible to establish any form of communication at the bedside.
Comunque, personalmente se fossi una patata lessa (cit) in coma da 5 anni e riuscissero a leggere il mio eventuale pensiero, sul display verrebbe scritto: ma perche' non avete ancora staccato questa cazzo di spina?