What if one-third of patients diagnosed as vegetative are actually conscious but trapped in bodies that cannot respond? Consciousness researcher Aurore Thibault explains the 30% misdiagnosis rate in disorders of consciousness and how combining brain stimulation with complexity measures may finally give clinicians a reliable window into awareness when behavior fails. Subscribe for more from the Convergent Science Network podcast series. Aurore Thibault of the University of Liège joins Paul Verschure at the BCBT summer school to discuss the clinical challenge of assessing consciousness in patients with severe brain injuries. Even with the best behavioral scale available, the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised, the misdiagnosis rate remains around 30%, because patients may be fully conscious yet unable to demonstrate it due to aphasia, motor impairment, pa ...