[en] This scientific commentary refers to ‘Characterization of EEG signals revealing covert cognition in the injured brain’, by Curley et al. (doi:10.1093/brain/awy070).
Disciplines :
Neurology
Author, co-author :
Boly, M.; Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States
Laureys, Steven ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA Consciousness: Coma Group
Language :
English
Title :
Functional 'unlocking': Bedside detection of covert awareness after severe brain damage
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