Measures of states of consciousness during attentional and cognitive load
André S. Nilsen, Bjørn E. Juel, Johan F. Storm
bioRxiv Preprint Server March 22, 2019 preprint DOI: 10.1101/586149 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Experimental study |
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| Key findings | Measures of consciousness are modulated by attentional load and cognitive resource use within conscious brain states. |
Abstract
Background Developing and testing methods for reliably assessing states of consciousness in humans is important for both basic research and clinical purposes. Several potential measures, partly grounded in theoretical developments, have been proposed, and some of them seem to reliably distinguish between conscious and unconscious brain states. However, the degrees to which these measures may also be affected by changes in brain activity or conditions that can occur within conscious brain states have rarely been tested. In this study we test whether several of these measures are modulated by attentional load and related use of cognitive resources.