Coma and Conciousness

A “Conciousness”-Based Architecture for a Functioning Mind

Here we describe an architecture for an autonomous software agent designed to model a broad spectrum of human cognitive and affective functioning. In addition to featuring “consciousness,” the architecture accommodates perception, several forms of memory, emotions, actionselection, deliberation, ersatz language generation, several forms of learning, and metacognition. One such software agent, I...

Coma and cerebral imaging

The clinical sign of coma is a common feature in critical care medicine. However, little information has been put forth on the correlations between coma and cerebral imaging methods. The purpose of the article is to compile the available information derived from various imaging methods and placing it in a context of clinical knowledge of coma and related states. The definition of coma and the c...

Meningism and Pituitary Coma.

Coma and Delirium

A mental status belongs in the category of terms that are widely understood but lack a consensual definition. In modern multidisciplinary ICUs, the combination of the diseases being managed and the drugs employed for that management results in a large percentage of patients who develop at least a temporary impairment of awareness or behavior. This area has been obscured by the psychiatric redef...

Coma and related disorders

Disorders of consciousness represent a major challenge in clinical practice. The last decade of neuroscience research brought new insights about brain function and neural correlates of these pathological states of consciousness. Although behavioural evaluation still remains the gold standard, conscious behaviours are too often missed, leading to unwanted grey zones between conscious and unconsc...