The Boundaries of Consciousness: Neurobiology and Neuropathology

Content: 
List of Contributors
Pages v-viii

Foreword
Pages ix-x
Stanislas Dehaene

Foreword
Page xi
Eelco F.M. Wijdicks

Preface
Pages xiii-xiv
Steven Laureys

Acknowledgments
Page xv

Contents
Pages xvii-xx

What in the world is consciousness? Review Article
Pages 1-10
Adam Zeman

A neuroscientific approach to consciousness Review Article
Pages 11-23,586-587
Susan A. Greenfield, Toby F.T. Collins

Functional neuroimaging during altered states of consciousness: how and what do we measure? Review Article
Pages 25-43,588-590
Joy Hirsch

Global workspace theory of consciousness: toward a cognitive neuroscience of human experience Review Article
Pages 45-53
Bernard J. Baars

Skill, corporality and alerting capacity in an account of sensory consciousness Review Article
Pages 55-68,591-592
J. Kevin O’Regan, Erik Myin, Alva Noë

Methods for studying unconscious learning Review Article
Pages 69-80
Arnaud Destrebecqz, Philippe Peigneux

Computational correlates of consciousness Review Article
Pages 81-98
Axel Cleeremans

Machine consciousness Review Article
Pages 99-108
Igor Aleksander

Consciousness, information integration, and the brain Review Article
Pages 109-126
Giulio Tononi

Dynamics of thalamo-cortical network oscillations and human perception Review Article
Pages 127-142
Urs Ribary

From synchronous neuronal discharges to subjective awareness? Review Article
Pages 143-171,593
E. Roy John

Genes and experience shape brain networks of conscious control Review Article
Pages 173-183
Michael I. Posner

Visual phenomenal consciousness: a neurological guided tour Review Article
Pages 185-195
Lionel Naccache

The mental self Review Article
Pages 197-204,594
Hans C. Lou, Markus Nowak, Troels W. Kjaer

Posterior cingulate, precuneal and retrosplenial cortices: cytology and components of the neural network correlates of consciousness Review Article
Pages 205-217
Brent A. Vogt, Steven Laureys

Human cognition during REM sleep and the activity profile within frontal and parietal cortices: a reappraisal of functional neuroimaging data Review Article
Pages 219-227,595
Pierre Maquet, Perrine Ruby, Audrey Maudoux, Geneviève Albouy, Virginie Sterpenich, Thanh Dang-Vu, Martin Desseilles, Mélanie Boly, Fabien Perrin, Philippe Peigneux, Steven Laureys

General anesthesia and the neural correlates of consciousness Review Article
Pages 229-244,596-597
Michael T. Alkire, Jason Miller

Brain imaging in research on anesthetic mechanisms: studies with propofol Review Article
Pages 245-250,598
Pierre Fiset, Gilles Plourde, Steven B. Backman

The cognitive modulation of pain: hypnosis- and placebo-induced analgesia Review Article
Pages 251-269,599-600
Ron Kupers, Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville, Steven Laureys

Consciousness and epilepsy: why are patients with absence seizures absent? Review Article
Pages 271-286,601-603
Hal Blumenfeld

Two aspects of impaired consciousness in Alzheimer's disease Review Article
Pages 287-298
Eric Salmon, Perrine Ruby, Daniela Perani, Elke Kalbe, Steven Laureys, Stéphane Adam, Fabienne Collette

Functional brain imaging of symptoms and cognition in schizophrenia Review Article
Pages 299-308,604
Tilo T.J. Kircher, Renate Thienel

Hysterical conversion and brain function Review Article
Pages 309-329
Patrik Vuilleumier

The out-of body experience: precipitating factors and neural correlates Review Article
Pages 331-350,605-606
Silvia Bünning, Olaf Blanke

Near-death experiences in cardiac arrest survivors Review Article
Pages 351-367
Christopher C. French

The concept and practice of brain death Review Article
Pages 369-379
James L. Bernat

The minimally conscious state: defining the borders of consciousness Review Article
Pages 381-395
J.T. Giacino

Behavioral evaluation of consciousness in severe brain damage Review Article
Pages 397-413
Steve Majerus, Helen Gill-Thwaites, Keith Andrews, Steven Laureys

Evoked potentials in severe brain injury Review Article
Pages 415-426
Jean-Michel Guérit

Event-related potential measures of consciousness: two equations with three unknowns Review Article
Pages 427-444
Boris Kotchoubey

Novel aspects of the neuropathology of the vegetative state after blunt head injury Review Article
Pages 445-455
D.I. Graham, W.L. Maxwell, J. Hume Adams, Bryan Jennett

Using a hierarchical approach to investigate residual auditory cognition in persistent vegetative state Review Article
Pages 457-471,607-608
Adrian M. Owen, Martin R. Coleman, David K. Menon, Emma L. Berry, Ingrid S. Johnsrude, Jennifer M. Rodd, Matthew H. Davis, John D. Pickard

Modeling the minimally conscious state: measurements of brain function and therapeutic possibilities Review Article
Pages 473-493,609-610
Nicholas D. Schiff

The locked-in syndrome : what is it like to be conscious but paralyzed and voiceless? Review Article
Pages 495-511,611
Steven Laureys, Frédéric Pellas, Philippe Van Eeckhout, Sofiane Ghorbel, Caroline Schnakers, Fabien Perrin, Jacques Berré, Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville, Karl-Heinz Pantke, Francois Damas, Maurice Lamy, Gustave Moonen, Serge Goldman

Brain-computer interfaces — the key for the conscious brain locked into a paralyzed body Review Article
Pages 513-525
Andrea Kübler, Nicola Neumann

Neural plasticity and recovery of function Review Article
Pages 527-535
Nick S. Ward

Thirty years of the vegetative state: clinical, ethical and legal problems Review Article
Pages 537-543
Bryan Jennett

Assessing health-related quality of life after severe brain damage: potentials and limitations Review Article
Pages 545-553
Corinna Petersen, Monika Bullinger

Outcome and ethics in severe brain damage Review Article
Pages 555-563
Jean-Louis Vincent

Clinical pragmatism and the care of brain damaged patients: toward a palliative neuroethics for disorders of consciousness Review Article
Pages 565-582
Joseph J. Fins

Subject Index
Pages 583-585