Cognitive science researcher Marie-Christine Nizzi is quoted in an article saying that the presumption that people with “locked-in syndrome” are miserable is “an able-bodied biased view by which it seems that such a life is unbearable and must be awful.”

Speaking about his recent study on the impact of social connections on individuals’ health, education, and economic outcomes, economics professor Bruce Sacerdote calls the research, “an important contribution that will enable a deeper understanding of social capital.”