Having viewed some of the highly edited videotaped material of Terri Schiavo and having seen other patients in a persistent vegetative state, I am not surprised that family members and others unfamiliar with this condition would interpret some of her apparent alertness and movement as meaningful.
A Likert Scale is a type of psychometric scale frequently used in psychology questionnaires. It was developed by and named after organizational psychologist Rensis Likert. Self-report inventories are one of the most widely used tools in psychological research.
Also, nerts, nertz. (used to express disgust, defiance, disapproval, despair). insane; crazy. be nuts about, to be extremely or excessively enthusiastic about; be fervent in one's admiration of: Both of them are nuts about chamber music. to be deeply in love with: He's nuts about his new girlfriend.