Title

Communicating with patients with disorders of consciousness by translating thoughts into light

Authors and Researchers

BrainsCAN , Western University
Keith St. Lawrence, Western University
Adrian Owen, Western University
Derek Debicki, Western University
Teneille Gofton, Western University
Daniel Milej, Western UniversityFollow

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Description

we intend to show, for the first time, that fNIRS can be used to reliably communicate with disorders of consciousness patients. There are many practical challenges to resolve (which are common to both fNIRS and EEG) such as involuntary movements by the patient, variability in consciousness itself, physical distortion in the head (such as from trauma) and a person's limited ability to perform repetitive mental tasks.

We will focus on patients who have already demonstrated by fMRI that they can perform motor imagery activation and plan to study up to 20 such patients over the course of a year.

Publication Date

2018

Publisher

BrainsCAN

City

London

Keywords

Brain trauma, Consciousness, Novel neuroscience / neuroimaging techniques, Vegetative states

Disciplines

Neurosciences

Funding

Funding Program

BrainsCAN Accelerator Grant: Stimulus

Additional BrainsCAN Support

Imaging Core

Notes

Western Faculty, Group or Institution

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Creative Commons License

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