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Moving into the wide clinical spectrum of consciousness disorders: Pearls, perils and pitfalls

Medicina, 2016
The last few years have been characterized by a growing interest of the medical and scientific world for the field of consciousness and its related disorders.
Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Demetrio Milardi, Alberto Cacciola, Angela Marra, Giuseppina Digangi, Carmela Casella, Alfredo Manuli, Rosaria De Luca, Rosalia Silvestri, Placido Bramanti   +9 more
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The Search for Invertebrate Consciousness [PDF]

, 2020
There is no agreement on whether any invertebrates are conscious and no agreement on a methodology that could settle the issue. How can the debate move forward?
Birch, Jonathan
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Assessing Learning as a Possible Sign of Consciousness in Post-coma Persons with Minimal Responsiveness

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014
A learning test procedure based on operant principles may be useful in the diagnosis (and eventually rehabilitation) of post-coma persons with minimal responsiveness.
Giulio E. Lancioni, Andrea eBosco, Marta eOlivetti belardinelli, Nirbhay N Singh, Mark F O’Reilly, Jeff eSigafoos, Francesca eBuonocunto, Jorge eNavarro, Crocifissa eLanzillotti, Fiora eD'Amico, Marina eDe Tommaso   +10 more
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Caregiver reactions to neuroimaging evidence of covert consciousness in patients with severe brain injury: a qualitative interview study

BMC Medical Ethics, 2021
Background Severe brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability. Diagnosis and prognostication are difficult, and errors occur often. Novel neuroimaging methods can improve diagnostic and prognostic accuracy, especially in patients with ...
Andrew Peterson, Fiona Webster, Laura Elizabeth Gonzalez-Lara, Sarah Munce, Adrian M. Owen, Charles Weijer   +5 more
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Dissociations between spontaneous electroencephalographic features and the perturbational complexity index in the minimally conscious state

European Journal of Neuroscience
The analysis of spontaneous electroencephalogram (EEG) is a cornerstone in the assessment of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). Although preserved EEG patterns are highly suggestive of consciousness even in unresponsive patients, moderately ...
S. Casarotto, G. Hassan, M. Rosanova, S. Sarasso, C. Derchi, P. Trimarchi, Alessandro Viganò, Simone Russo, M. Fecchio, Guya Giuseppina Devalle, Jorge Navarro, M. Massimini, A. Comanducci   +12 more
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Validation of Korean Version of Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (K-CRSR) [PDF]

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2018
Objective To determine the validity and reliability of the Korean version of the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (K-CRSR) for evaluation of patients with a severe brain lesion.
Hee Jun Han, Ee Jin Kim, Hae Jin Lee, Sung Bom Pyun, Kyung Lim Joa, Han Young Jung   +5 more
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[Vegetative or minimally conscious state?]. [PDF]

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 2010
We describe the clinical course of a 51-year-old woman in a vegetative state and of a 63-year-old woman in a minimally conscious state. The difference between these two states is an important one, as clinical course, prognosis and medical-ethical considerations of both are different. In practice it is difficult to distinguish between a vegetative state
Overbeek, B.U.H., Lavrijsen, J.C.M., Eilander, H.J.   +2 more
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Moving on From Bland: The Evolution of the Law and Minimally Conscious Patients [PDF]

, 2014
The decision in Bland centred on the withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration from a patient in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Since then, a new medical condition has emerged, known as a minimally conscious state (MCS).
Heywood, Rob
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A P300-based cognitive assessment battery [PDF]

, 2015
© 2015 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Background: It is well established that some patients who are diagnosed as being in a vegetative state or a minimally conscious state show reliable signs of volition that may only
Andrews, Baddeley, Bullmore, Cavinato, Chennu, Coleman, Cruse, Cruse, Cruse, Delorme, Delorme, Demertzi, Faugeras, Fischer, Fischer, Fray, Guger, Guo, Hampshire, Hampshire, Kalmar, Kane, Klobassa, Kotchoubey, Kotchoubey, Kuehlmeyer, Kübler, Kübler, Maris, Monti, Münte, Oostenveld, Owen, Owen, Qin, Risetti, Rosanova, Sternberg, Tombaugh, Vanhaudenhuyse, Wijnen, Wilson   +41 more
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Subjectivity: A Case of Biological Individuation and an Adaptive Response to Informational Overflow [PDF]

, 2016
The article presents a perspective on the scientific explanation of the subjectivity of conscious experience. It proposes plausible answers for two empirically valid questions: the ‘how’ question concerning the developmental mechanisms of subjectivity ...
Jonkisz, Jakub
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