Standard medical exams miss subtle signs of awareness in around 40% of cases.
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New research shows that post-coma patients who appear to be in a minimally conscious state can still mentally react to language. This finding could help improve their diagnosis and treatment.
Drugs which act through the brain chemical dopamine may one day help restore consciousness in people who have lost it.
UAE woman Munira Abdulla is fully conscious after 27 years - but reports of her “miraculous” story are misleading.
Specific brain networks are at work when we are conscious. New results can help distinguish truly unconscious patients from those who have some degree of consciousness.
Consciousness is one of the most puzzling phenomena in science. How does the electric and chemical activity in your brain produce your subjective experiences; the colour red or the taste of chocolate?
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNSW
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Professor of Communications Research, Co-Director of the Coma and Disorders of Consciousness Research Centre @JennyKitzinger, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Centre for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham
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Chargée de recherches FNRS, neuropsychologue et logopède, Université de Liège
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Co-directrice du Coma Science Group, Chercheuse qualifiée FNRS, Neuropsychologue, Université de Liège
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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PhD Candidate of Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Lead, Cognition and Consciousness Imaging Group, Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Philosophy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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PhD Candidate in Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge