Consciousness science at a crossroads: lessons from disorders of consciousness
Frontiers in Science October 30, 2025 Karnig Kazazian, Adrian M. Owen
• Detecting covert awareness challenges long-standing assumptions about prognosis and end-of-life decisions, requiring new legal, ethical, and clinical frameworks to avoid misjudging patients' capacity and lived experience.• Progress in consciousness science requires large-scale, well-powered, multicenter collaborations using standardized protocols, and more emphasis on phenomenological,...