Timeline for Is it possible, given modern technology, to fake brain damage?
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| Sep 16, 2019 at 16:25 | comment | added | cal | Cool. I appreciate your time and suggestions! | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 16:00 | comment | added | Joker21srb | @cal I did not know of this (horrifying) syndrome. Thanks for this article. This syndrome seems like it could be faked (as the person is awake and aware) and not be given away by scans, if this is what you are looking for. If you are looking for brain damage that would affect a persons (for lack of a better term) reasoning, brain damage, in modern day, first/second world countries is diagnosed through brain scanning*. *Less severe cases can be diagnosed without (and sometimes skip) scanning. You could include some medical malpractice in the story that the character takes advantage of. :p | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 15:37 | comment | added | cal | Well, I just did some light research on "locked in syndrome." Here's just one article:medicinenet.com/locked-in_syndrome/… | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 15:33 | comment | added | Joker21srb | @cal Do you mean like in a state of coma or not in coma? I am not aware of such a state outside of being in a coma. In such cases the brain activity is minimal (brain wave in the Alpha range, but called Alpha-coma 8 -12Hz), but it does happen that more activity is observed when the person is called by name or touched. For reference, normal brain waves would be in the Beta range (12-38Hz) so it would be noticabble whether someone is faking a coma. | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 13:49 | comment | added | cal | Hmm, thanks. I've heard of situations where a person could be mentally present, but physically paralyzed (trapped inside your body, basically). Could scans from a person faking brain damage be interpreted as something like that? | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 12:55 | history | answered | Joker21srb | CC BY-SA 4.0 |