The role of peripheral physiology in the experience of emotion has been debated since the
19th century following the seminal proposal by William James that somatic responses to …

The analysis of spontaneous EEG activity and evoked potentials is a cornerstone of the
instrumental evaluation of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). The past few …

Background and purpose Patients with acquired brain injury and acute or prolonged
disorders of consciousness (DoC) are challenging. Evidence to support diagnostic decisions …

Background Brain activation in response to spoken motor commands can be detected by
electroencephalography (EEG) in clinically unresponsive patients. The prevalence and …

Abstract See Schiff (doi: 10.1093/awx209) for a scientific commentary on this article. Patients
with acute severe traumatic brain injury may recover consciousness before self-expression …

Background Bedside clinical examinations can have high rates of misdiagnosis of
unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (vegetative state) or minimally conscious state. The …

Active, passive and resting state paradigms using functional MRI (fMRI) or EEG may reveal
consciousness in the vegetative (VS) and the minimal conscious state (MCS). A meta …

Theoretical advances in the science of consciousness have proposed that it is concomitant
with balanced cortical integration and differentiation, enabled by efficient networks of …

Functional neuroimaging shows that patients with disorders of consciousness exhibit
disrupted system-level functional connectivity. Unresponsive/” vegetative state” patients …

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