Accurate diagnosis, prognosis, and subsequent rehabilitation care planning for persons with Disorders of Consciousness (DoC) has historically posed a challenge neurological professionals. Evidence suggests rates misdiagnosis may be as high 40% when informal beside evaluations are used to determine level consciousness. The presence myriad medical, neurological, functional (motor, sensory, cognit...

NOTE: a This paper is an attempt to summarise and justify critical comments I have been making over several decades about research on consciousness by philosophers, scientists and engineers. This includes (a) explaining why the concept of “phenomenal consciousness” (P-C), in the sense defined by Ned Block, is semantically flawed and unsuitable as a target for scientific research or machine mode...

The purpose of this chapter is twofold. The primary purpose is to revisit Ned Block’s distinction between phenomenal consciousness and access consciousness. The secondary purpose is to examine key case studies from consciousness research in the cognitive sciences. Block has argued that what he calls phenomenal consciousness and access consciousness are completely independent phenomena, and that...

Abstract In this case study, we present opportunities science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics ( STEAM ) education provided to a sixth-grade class. We collected observational interview data in language arts science class over 1 year. used the liberation social psychology LSP framework understand students’ discourses discussions as they drew from engineering activities, ideas. Fur...