Substantial progress has been made over the past two decades in detecting, predicting and
promoting recovery of consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) …

The concept of consciousness continues to defy definition and elude the grasp of
philosophical and scientific efforts to formulate a testable construct that maps to human …

WINNER OF THE 2014 BRAIN PRIZE From the acclaimed author of Reading in the Brain
and How We Learn, a breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness …

Recent experimental studies and theoretical models have begun to address the challenge of
establishing a causal link between subjective conscious experience and measurable …

Functional neuroimaging and electrophysiology studies are changing our understanding of
patients with coma and related states. Some severely brain damaged patients may show …

This fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach
addresses key issues in child neuropsychology with a unique emphasis on evidence …

Plasticity is an intrinsic property of the central nervous system, reflecting its capacity to
respond in a dynamic manner to the environment and experience via modification of neural …

White matter disruption is an important determinant of cognitive impairment after brain injury,
but conventional neuroimaging underestimates its extent. In contrast, diffusion tensor …

Background Some patients awaken from coma (that is, open the eyes) but remain
unresponsive (that is, only showing reflex movements without response to command). This …

The 'default network'is defined as a set of areas, encompassing posterior-
cingulate/precuneus, anterior cingulate/mesiofrontal cortex and temporo-parietal junctions …