Neurologische Störungen

New Methods for Defining and Investigating Human Consciousness: 2015

Abstract

Grandy JK

Historically, defining consciousness has been exceedingly difficult and perplexing to neurologists and neuroscientists. Studying consciousness objectively in the human brain has been exponentially problematic. However, as newer technological approaches evolve and more is understood about the complexities of the human brain, novel ways of objectively understanding human consciousness have emerged. In this paper I briefly review two new methods of defining consciousness with the novel EPIC consciousness paradigm and the neurogenetic model; as well as two new neurophysiological discoveries that change the way human consciousness is objectified. Collectively, these breakthroughs may enable investigators to better understand both human consciousness and disorders of consciousness.