In the last few years, functional neuroimaging and electroencephalography-based
techniques have been used to address one of the most complex and challenging questions …

This study is a pilot literature review that compares the interest of neuroethicists and
neuroscientists. It aims to determine whether there is a significant gap between the …

People with Alzheimer's disease (AD) demonstrate a range of alterations in consciousness.
Changes in awareness of cognitive deficit, self‐awareness, and introspection are seen early …

Abstract In March 2020, the Royal College of Physicians in the UK published national
guidelines on the management of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness …

Objective Functional neuroimaging may provide a viable means of assessment and
communication in patients with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) mimicking the complete …

Covert consciousness is a state of residual awareness following severe brain injury or
neurological disorder that evades routine bedside behavioral detection. Patients with covert …

Advances in the care of severe acute brain injury (SABI) have enabled the survival of
patients in states of diminished consciousness. Recent research has offered an increasingly …

This paper critically examines whether patients with severe brain injury, who can only
communicate through assistive neuroimaging technologies, may permissibly participate in …

Patients in the vegetative state are wholly unaware of themselves, or their surroundings.
However, a minority of patients diagnosed as vegetative are actually aware. What is the well …

Disorders of consciousness can be grouped into two classes: local disorders and global
disorders. Those who sustain the most severe brain injuries will spend some time in a state …