Roger Highfield

Despite much thought and ingenuity, neuroscience still struggles to define what consciousness is.

Scientists are collecting stories of the near-death experiences of coma patients.

Each week, patients from across Europe are wheeled in to the Coma Science Group in Liège, united by grief, hope, and desperation.

A story of mind reading, brain injury, and attempts to rescue the hundreds of thousands of patients suffering from disorders of consciousness.