The clinical and fundamental exploration of patients suffering from disorders of
consciousness (DoC) is commonly used by researchers both to test some of their key …

Background: The prognosis value of early clinical diagnosis of consciousness impairment is
documented by an extremely limited number of studies, whereas it may convey important …

The use of cognitive evoked potentials in EEG is now part of the routine evaluation of non-
communicating patients with disorders of consciousness in several specialized medical …

Neurological examination of non-communicating patients relies on a few decisive items that
enable the crucial distinction between vegetative state (VS)—also coined unresponsive …

Pupil dilation has been reliably identified as a physiological marker of consciously
reportable mental effort. This classical finding raises the question of whether or not pupil …

Pupil dilation response (PDR) has been proposed as a physiological marker of conscious
access to a stimulus or its attributes, such as novelty. In a previous study on healthy …

Objective: To explore whether the presence of an event-related potential (ERP)“global
effect”(GE+)—that corresponds to a correlate of conscious processing in the local–global …

Objectives The clinical distinction between vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness
syndrome (UWS) and minimally conscious state (MCS) is a key step to elaborate a …

Background: Diagnosis of consciousness can be very challenging in some clinical situations
such as severe sensory-motor impairments. Case study: We report the case study of a …

This short methodological study is a model for future studies. Indeed, when discussing the
discrepancy between our results and those of Tzovara and colleagues, one has to be aware …