The analysis of spontaneous EEG activity and evoked potentials is a cornerstone of the
instrumental evaluation of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). The past few …

Abstract Knowledge of which brain properties are required for consciousness is essential for
improving clinical diagnostics and therapy as well as for investigating consciousness per se …

Auditory evoked potentials are informative of intact cortical functions of comatose patients.
The integrity of auditory functions evaluated using mismatch negativity paradigms has been …

An open challenge in consciousness research is understanding how neural functions are
altered by pathological loss of consciousness. To maintain consciousness, the brain needs …

The concept of unconscious knowledge is fundamental for an understanding of human
thought processes and mentation in general; however, the psychological community at large …

Clinical assessment of brain function relies heavily on indirect behavior-based tests.
Unfortunately, behavior-based assessments are subjective and therefore susceptible to …

Objective Evaluation of a short two-tone oddball paradigm to discriminate between the
vegetative state (VS) and minimal consciousness state (MCS) in a sample of patients with …

Mindfulness-based interventions have proved effective in reducing various clinical
symptoms and in improving general mental health and well-being. The investigation of the …

Objective To evaluate the effects of long-term High-definition transcranial direct current
stimulation (HD-tDCS) over precuneus on the level of consciousness (LOC) and the …

Abstract Background Event-related potentials (ERPs) may provide a non-invasive index of
brain function for a range of clinical applications. However, as a lab-based technique, ERPs …