Neurological Sciences
June 1, 2023
Andrea E. Cavanna, Giulia Purpura, Anna Riva et al.
Stoic philosophy has multiple parallels with cognitive behavioural therapy interventions. In their ancient texts, the Roman Stoics present a set of theoretical principles and behavioural strategies that are directly relevant to the clinical care of patients with a wide range of neuropsychiatric conditions. Mindfulness is a key component of the 'third wave' of modern psychotherapy that closely...
Behavioural Neurology
April 2, 2015
Andrea E. Cavanna, Sachin Shah, Clare M. Eddy et al.
Consciousness is a state so essentially entwined with human experience, yet so difficult to conceptually define and measure. In this article, we explore how a bidimensional model of consciousness involving both level of arousal and subjective awareness of the contents of consciousness can be used to differentiate a range of healthy and altered conscious states. These include the different sleep...
Epilepsy & Behavior
January 2014
Elaine Foley, Antonella Cerquiglini, Andrea E. Cavanna et al.
The neural bases of altered consciousness in patients with epilepsy during seizures and at rest have raised significant interest in the last decade. This exponential growth has been supported by the parallel development of techniques and methods to investigate brain function noninvasively with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. In this article, we review the contribution of...
Epilepsy & Behavior
January 2014
Lutfu Hanoglu, Çiğdem Özkara, Betül Yalçiner et al.
Over the last few decades, there has been increasing awareness among epileptologists about the need to refine our understanding and assessment of ictal consciousness, focusing on both subjective and behavioral aspects of seizures. Specifically, there have been suggestions that both the internal and external milieux - the former related to the phenomenal qualia of experience, the latter related...
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
September 1, 2011
Jake P. Mann, Andrea E. Cavanna
3 citations
Epilepsy and consciousness are intimately related. Epileptic seizures can cause impairment of consciousness, and the study of how this occurs has informed us about the neural mechanisms that underlie normal consciousness. Moreover, loss of consciousness during seizures increases injury risk and worsens health-related quality of life. The present review describes the current understanding of...
Acta Neuropsychiatrica
May 24, 2011
Francesco Monaco, Marco Mula, Andrea E. Cavanna
8 citations
Monaco F, Mula M, Cavanna AE. The neurophilosophy of epileptic experiences. Background:Specific alterations of consciousness have a central role in the phenomenological description of epileptic seizures and in the patient's subjective reports. Methods:This article discusses the use of philosophical methodology within a neurological framework to understand consciousness. Results:How the...
Behavioural Neurology
2011
Andrea E. Cavanna, Fizzah Ali
24 citations
Alterations in consciousness are central to epileptic manifestations, and involve changes in both the level of awareness and subjective content of consciousness. Generalised seizures are characterised by minimal responsiveness and subjective experience whereas simple and complex partial seizures demonstrate more selective disturbances. Despite variations in ictal origin, behaviour and...
Behavioural Neurology
2011
Andrew P. Bagshaw, Andrea E. Cavanna
13 citations
Consciousness is a central concept in epileptology, relevant to the understanding of both focal and generalized seizures. Within focal seizures, impairment of consciousness has long been considered as the main criterion differentiating complex partial seizures (CPS) from simple partial seizures With the development of improved tools for investigating human brain function, new insights into the...
Epilepsy & Behavior
September 2005
Francesco Monaco, Marco Mula, Andrea E. Cavanna
The last decade has seen a renaissance of consciousness studies, witnessed by the growing number of scientific investigations on this topic. The concept of consciousness is central in epileptology, despite the methodological difficulties concerning its application to the multifaced ictal phenomenology. The authors provide an up-to-date review of the neurological literature on the relationship...