Detecting consciousness: A unique role for neuroimaging

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-133

  Owen, Adrian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

awareness; EEG; fMRI; minimally conscious state; vegetative state; wakefulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872470628     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143729     Document Type: Review

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