Unresponsive but Not Necessarily Unconscious: An Introduction to the Special Focus
Charlotte Martial, Olivia Gosseries
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 2023 DOI: 10.1162/jocn_e_02027 (opens in new tab)
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| Key findings | Argues that a growing body of empirical evidence indicates humans can be outwardly unresponsive while still experiencing episodes of "disconnected consciousness," defined as the mental experience of events without concurrent awareness of the sensory environment during an outwardly unresponsive state. |
Abstract
A growing body of evidence from empirical research reveals that humans may be outwardly unresponsive but still experience episodes of disconnected consciousness (e. g. , Martial, Cassol, Laureys, & Gosseries, 2020; Darracq et al. , 2018; Sanders, Tononi, Laureys, & Sleigh, 2012). Disconnected consciousness refers to the mental experience of events, in the absence of concurrent awareness of the sensory environment, while in an outwardly unresponsive state (Martial, Cassol, et al. , 2020; Sanders et al. , 2012).
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