Adrian Owen

1966 -

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Country of citizenship: Canada

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: University of Cambridge, University College London, King's College London, Gravesend Grammar School

Occupation: neuroscientist, psychiatrist

Award received: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society

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Adrian Mark Owen (born 17 May 1966) is a British and Canadian neuroscientist and best-selling author. He is best known for his 2006 discovery, published in the journal Science, showing that some patients thought to be in a vegetative state are in fact fully aware and (shown subsequently) able to communicate with the outside world using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In the 2019 New Year Honours List, Owen was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to scientific research. Owen was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2024. Source: Wikipedia (en)