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...
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...