Do Patients Thought to Lack Consciousness Retain the Capacity for Internal as Well as External Awareness?

It is well established that some patients, who are deemed to have disorders of consciousness, remain entirely behaviorally non-responsive and are diagnosed as being in a vegetative state, yet can nevertheless demonstrate covert awareness of their external environment by modulating their brain activi...

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Main Authors: Amelie Haugg, Rhodri Cusack, Laura E. Gonzalez-Lara, Bettina Sorger, Adrian M. Owen, Lorina Naci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00492/full