Mackenzie Graham

Can they Feel? The Capacity for Pain and Pleasure in Patients with Cognitive Motor Dissociation.

Neuroethics 2019 Mackenzie Graham

Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome is a disorder of consciousness wherein a patient is awake, but completely non-responsive at the bedside. However, research has shown that a minority of these patients remain aware, and can demonstrate their awareness via functional neuroimaging; these patients are referred to as having 'cognitive motor dissociation' (CMD). Unfortunately, we have little insight...