Interview with Adrian Owen
This post-lecture interview was conducted during the BCBT Summerschool held at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, september 2010.
Adrian Owen (University of Cambridge, Medical Research Council, UK) and his colleagues have shown that with some people in vegetative states, or that have locked-in syndrome, can be communi-cated, using brain wave techniques. What could this achievement mean for our notion of consciousness, and the way we deal with it in society?About the lecturerAdrian Owen is Associate Lecturer at University of Cambridge and assistant director at the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the Medical Research Council. His research combines functional neuroimaging (fMRI, PET, EEG), with neuropsychological studies in brain-injured patients and healthy volunteers, and revolves around three interrelated themes: attention, memory and control.