Consciousness: A Neurological Perspective release_td5zol5agjgx3gfy5bnwmym4ui

by Andrea E. Cavanna, Sachin Shah, Clare M. Eddy, Adrian Williams, Hugh Rickards

Published in Behavioural Neurology by Hindawi Limited.

2011   Volume 24, p107-116

Abstract

Consciousness is a state so essentially entwined with human experience, yet so difficult to conceptually define and measure. In this article, we explore how a bidimensional model of consciousness involving both level of arousal and subjective awareness of the contents of consciousness can be used to differentiate a range of healthy and altered conscious states. These include the different sleep stages of healthy individuals and the altered states of consciousness associated with neurological conditions such as epilepsy, vegetative state and coma. In particular, we discuss how arousal and awareness are positively correlated in normal physiological states with the exception of REM sleep, while a disturbance in this relationship is characteristic of vegetative state, minimally conscious state, complex partial seizures and sleepwalking.
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