Sleep Neuroimaging and Models of Consciousness
Frontiers in Psychology 2013 Enzo Tagliazucchi, Marion Behrens, Helmut Laufs 42 citations
Human deep sleep is characterized by reduced sensory activity, responsiveness to stimuli, and conscious awareness. Given its ubiquity and reversible nature, it represents an attractive paradigm to study the neural changes which accompany the loss of consciousness in humans. In particular, the deepest stages of sleep can serve as an empirical test for the predictions of theoretical models...