Establishing consciousness in non-communicative patients: A modern-day version of the Turing test

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Stins, John F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chinese room; Machine consciousness; Neurology; Turing test; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; MACHINE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TURING TEST;

AWARENESS; COMMUNICATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 62749172473     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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