The scope of this review is to discuss persistent aura without infarction, a rare, highly disabling, yet apparently benign clinical condition, straddling neurology, neuro-ophthalmology, and psychiatry, whose differential diagnosis is essential for an appropriate therapeutic approach and to avoid clinical complications. Here we attempt to report on the available literature, trying to present a...
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) is an emerging technique for analysing functional imaging data that is capable of a much closer approximation of neuronal activity than conventional methods. This review will outline the advantages, applications and limitations of MVPA in understanding the neural correlates of consciousness. RECENT FINDINGS: MVPA has provided important...