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Olfactory sniffing signals consciousness in unresponsive patients with brain injuries
Odorant-dependent sniff responses predicted the long-term survival rates of patients with severe brain injury, and discriminated between individuals who were unresponsive and in minimally conscious states.
- Anat Arzi
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General anaesthetic disrupts brain communication
'Slow' brain waves linked to anaesthesia's coma-like state.
- Mo Costandi
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Neuroscience: A quest for consciousness
Christof Koch marvels at a journey that explains mind–body theory through a fantastical lens.
- Christof Koch
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The neural core of consciousness
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Neuroscience: The mind mapped
Robert Stickgold revels in a lively account of a quest to quantify consciousness.
- Robert Stickgold
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Test measures spark of consciousness
Researchers distinguish between vegetative and minimally conscious states.
- Amber Dance
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Neuroscience: Knowing and feeling
Owen Flanagan is unconvinced by Antonio Damasio's argument that 'the self' is needed to explain consciousness.
- Owen Flanagan
Sensory processing during sleep in Drosophila melanogaster