Residual emotional processing in the vegetative state: A scientific issue?

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1061-1062

  Riganello, Francesco ^a   Candelieri, Antonio ^a,b   Dolce, Giuliano ^a   Sannita, Walter G ^c,d  

^a RAN Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; EMOTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTHER; MUSIC; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOICE;

EID: 79953025113     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.09.006     Document Type: Letter

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