Covert cognition in the persistent vegetative state

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-76

  Nachev, P ^a   Hacker, P M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Covert cognition; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Persistent vegetative state

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSCIOUSNESS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WAKEFULNESS;

BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77952958249     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2010.01.009     Document Type: Review

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