Mind-reading researchers find locked-in patients feel 'happy'

Undated handout photo issued by the Wyss Centre of a model demonstrating the brain-computer interface system used to read the thoughts of patients suffering from completely locked in syndrome (CLIS), as four patients unable to speak, move or blink have reported they are "happy" after a successful attempt was made to read their thoughts. Photo: Wyss Center/PA Wire

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Four "locked-in" patients unable to speak, move or blink have reported they are "happy" after a successful attempt was made to read their thoughts.

The extraordinary discovery was made during a ground-breaking experiment aimed at piercing the wall of silence that surrounds victims of completely locked-in syndrome (CLIS).