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'Vegetative' patient reacts to Hitchcock film

By WND News Services
Published September 17, 2014 at 9:38am

(LONDON DAILY MAIL) A man diagnosed as being in a vegetative state has been able to follow the plot of a short Hitchcock film.

Doctors believed the 34-year-old Canadian was left entirely unresponsive after suffering a cardiac arrest 16 years ago.

But scans taken while the patient was shown 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' revealed brain activity linked to feelings of anticipation and excitement.

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