ArticleNeuroethics2019
Can they Feel? The Capacity for Pain and Pleasure in Patients with Cognitive Motor Dissociation.
Article in Neuroethics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- The Analgesic Enhancing Effects of Coupling M1 and PMC rTMS on Neuropathic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury: An fNIRS Study.Pain research & management · 2026Trial
- International survey on the implementation of the European and American guidelines on disorders of consciousness.Journal of neurology · 2024Article
- Covert consciousness.NeuroRehabilitation · 2024Article
- An evidence-based critical review of the mind-brain identity theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Prognostication, Ethical Issues, and Palliative Care in Disorders of Consciousness.Neurologic clinics · 2022Review
- Residual Cognitive Capacities in Patients With Cognitive Motor Dissociation, and Their Implications for Well-Being.The Journal of medicine and philosophy · 2021Article
- Well-Being After Severe Brain Injury: What Counts as Good Recovery?Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees · 2021Article
- Pain Perception in Disorder of Consciousness: A Scoping Review on Current Knowledge, Clinical Applications, and Future Perspective.Brain sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome is a disorder of consciousness wherein a patient is awake, but completely non-responsive at the bedside. However, research has shown that a minority of these patients remain aware, and can demonstrate their awareness via functional neuroimaging; these patients are referred to as having 'cognitive motor dissociation' (CMD). Unfortunately, we have little insight into the subjective experiences of these patients, making it difficult to determine how best to promote their well-being. In this paper, I argue that the capacity to experience pain or pleasure (sentience) is a key component of well-being for these patients. While patients with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome are believed to be incapable of experiencing pain or pleasure, I argue that there is evidence to support the notion that CMD patients likely
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