Promoting the use of personally-relevant stimuli for investigating patients with disorders of consciousness

Promoting the use of personally-relevant stimuli for investigating patients with disorders of consciousness

Sensory stimuli are used to evaluate and to restore cognitive functions and consciousness in patients with a disorder of consciousness (DOC) following a severe brain injury. Although sophisticated protocols can help assessing higher order cognitive functions and awareness, one major drawback is thei...

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Main Authors: Fabien ePerrin, Maite eCastro, Barbara eTillmann, Jacques eLuauté
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Coma
Music
autobiographical memory
vegetative state
Minimally Conscious State
disorder of consciousness
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01102/full

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