Clinical Contributions to Consciousness Studies

Contributions to Clinical Medicine

Neuroimaging in disorders of consciousness: contributions to diagnosis and prognosis

10.2217/FNL.10.87 © 2011 Future Medicine Ltd The process of diagnosing a patient with a disorder of consciousness (DOC), such as the vegetative state (VS) or minimally conscious state (MCS), is a challenging one. Unlike other neurological conditions, these DOCs are not defined by a particular pathology or neural marker, but must instead be distinguished and diagnosed on the basis of clinical hi...

Consciousness and Literary Studies

At this present juncture in the history of literature, many critics fear the literary word has been devalued by the twin forces of electronic technology and critical theory. Even so, the field of literature is not without resources to revivify itself as the emergence of new holistic approaches to literature testify. The interdisciplinary influence of the sciences, for instance, opens a window f...

Physiological Studies of Consciousness

Contributions of bird studies to biology.

Birds are widely distributed, highly diversified, and exhibit behavior and social organizations equal in complexity to mammals, yet they are generally more conspicuous and approachable in natural environments. These attributes make birds excellent subjects in many areas of biological research. The topics in which studies on birds have figured prominently include the mechanisms of species format...