Looking for the self in pathological unconsciousness

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Demertzi, Athena ^a   Vanhaudenhuyse, Audrey ^a   Brédart, Serge ^a   Heine, Lizette ^a   di Perri, Carol ^b   Laureys, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Default mode network; Disorders of consciousness; External awareness; Neuroimaging; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885059429     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00538     Document Type: Review

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