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wetmore on April 22, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vegetative patient says 'I'm not in pain'

The article says he was able to lay down long-term memories - he knew that his sister had a daughter, who was born after his accident.

netnichols on April 22, 2014 [–]

That was another patient, not the main focus of the article:

> Another Canadian patient, Steven Graham, was able to demonstrate that he had laid down new memories since his brain injury.

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