Minimally Conscious of Alternatives: Other Decision-Making Models for Recovering MCS Patients
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DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2018.1425768
Abstract: As clinical ethics practitioners, we appreciate the effort of Wright and colleagues (2018) and support their laudable goal of advancing ethically appropriate decision-making mechanisms for patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC), including those in minimally… read more here.
Keywords: decision; model; wright colleagues; assent ... See more keywords
Statistical learning in patients in the minimally conscious state
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DOI: 10.1101/2022.01.04.22268656
Abstract: When listening to an unknown language, listeners could learn the transitional probability between syllables and group frequently co-occurred syllables into a whole unit. Such statistical learning ability has been demonstrated for both pre-verbal infants and… read more here.
Keywords: minimally conscious; conscious state; learning; mcs patients ... See more keywords
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients with Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness: Combined Behavioral and Event-Related Potential Evidence
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DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00620
Abstract: Background The electrophysiological evidence supporting the therapeutic efficacy of multiple transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) sessions on consciousness improvement in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (DOCs) has not been firmly established. Objectives To assess… read more here.
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Disturbed functional connectivity and topological properties of the frontal lobe in minimally conscious state based on resting-state fNIRS
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DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1118395
Abstract: Background Patients in minimally conscious state (MCS) exist measurable evidence of consciousness. The frontal lobe is a crucial part of the brain that encodes abstract information and is closely related to the conscious state. We… read more here.
Keywords: minimally conscious; state; conscious state; frontal lobe ... See more keywords