Neuroethical questions raised by recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of
disorders of consciousness are rapidly expanding, increasingly relevant and yet …

The advent of neurotechnologies including advanced functional magnetic resonance
imaging and electroencephalography to detect states of awareness not detectable by …

Happiness is an everyday term in our lives, and most of us strive to be happy. But defining
happiness can be difficult. In this Very Short Introduction, Dan Haybron considers the true …

Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How
do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When …

Covert consciousness is a state of residual awareness following severe brain injury or
neurological disorder that evades routine bedside behavioral detection. Patients with covert …

There is no systematic knowledge about how individuals with Locked-in Syndrome (LIS)
experience their situation. A phenomenology of LIS, in the sense of a description of …

Advances in the care of severe acute brain injury (SABI) have enabled the survival of
patients in states of diminished consciousness. Recent research has offered an increasingly …

Prognosis after severe brain injury is highly uncertain, and decisions to withhold or withdraw
life‐sustaining treatment are often made prematurely. These decisions are often driven by a …

Disorders of consciousness can be grouped into two classes: local disorders and global
disorders. Those who sustain the most severe brain injuries will spend some time in a state …

A growing number of studies show that a significant proportion of patients, who meet the
clinical criteria for the diagnosis of the vegetative state (VS), demonstrate evidence of covert …