Birch is a professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics and author of “The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI.” A stroke, a traumatic brain injury — ...

Every year, approximately 130,000 Dutch people suffer some form of acquired brain injury. The causes can be traumatic such as a fall or road-traffic accident, but also a brain hemorrhages or lack of ...

July 7, 2006 — Imaging studies using a novel technique suggest that the substantial and remarkable recovery of speech and motor function seen in a patient who had been in a minimally conscious state ...

A study by the Human Brain Project (HBP), led by scientists from the University of Liège (Belgium), has explored new techniques that may help distinguish between two different neurological conditions ...

Patients with brain injury who are unresponsive to commands may perform cognitive tasks that are detected on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG). This ...

One in five people in a coma may be “locked in”, meaning they are aware of their surroundings but unable to communicate. A large study has found that some people with severe brain damage can carry out ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SEATTLE — The use of 30 mg per day of zolpidem may significantly improve quality of life among patients with ...