Importance, limits and caveats of the use of “disorders of consciousness” to theorize consciousness
Neuroscience of Consciousness December 1, 2021 B. Hermann, Aude Sangare, Esteban Munoz-Musat et al.
Abstract The clinical and fundamental exploration of patients suffering from disorders of consciousness (DoC) is commonly used by researchers both to test some of their key theoretical predictions and to serve as a unique source of empirical knowledge about possible dissociations between consciousness and cognitive and/or neural processes. For instance, the existence of states of vigilance free...