2024
Cognitive Motor Dissociation in Disorders of Consciousness
Bodien Y, Allanson J, Cardone P, Bonhomme A, Carmona J, Chatelle C, Chennu S, Conte M, Dehaene S, Finoia P, Heinonen G, Hersh J, Kamau E, Lawrence P, Lupson V, Meydan A, Rohaut B, Sanders W, Sitt J, Soddu A, Valente M, Velazquez A, Voss H, Vrosgou A, Claassen J, Edlow B, Fins J, Gosseries O, Laureys S, Menon D, Naccache L, Owen A, Pickard J, Stamatakis E, Thibaut A, Victor J, Giacino J, Bagiella E, Schiff N. Cognitive Motor Dissociation in Disorders of Consciousness. New England Journal Of Medicine 2024, 391: 598-608. PMID: 39141852, PMCID: PMC7617195, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2400645.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingTask-based fMRICognitive motor dissociationDisorders of consciousnessComa Recovery Scale-RevisedCognitive tasksMotor dissociationObserved responseBrain injuryVerbal commandsBrain traumaScale-RevisedMagnetic resonance imagingDisordersBrainParticipantsEtiological factorsAssociated with younger ageElectroencephalographyCohort of personsResonance imagingProspective cohort studyTaskElectroencephalography dataMedian ageNeuroethics, Covert Consciousness, and Disability Rights: What Happens When Artificial Intelligence Meets Cognitive Motor Dissociation?
Fins J, Shulman K. Neuroethics, Covert Consciousness, and Disability Rights: What Happens When Artificial Intelligence Meets Cognitive Motor Dissociation? Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2024, 36: 1667-1674. PMID: 38579252, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_02157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive motor dissociationCovert consciousnessBrain injuryRight-to-die movementOvert behaviorEEG studiesCognitive activityMotor dissociationSevere brain injuryNormative challengesModes of assessmentDisability biasClinical practiceNormative reasonsGenerate speechEthical challengesArtificial intelligenceAlphabet soupAnticipatory governanceTranslational research
2022
Syndromes in Search of a Name: Disorders of Consciousness, Neuroethics, and Nosological Humility
Fins J. Syndromes in Search of a Name: Disorders of Consciousness, Neuroethics, and Nosological Humility. 2022, 163-175. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-04935-4_18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisorders of consciousnessBrain injuryCognitive motor dissociationStruggle for ConsciousnessRecognition of consciousnessVegetative stateDiagnostic categorizationLimits of knowledgePermanent vegetative stateNosologyPersistent vegetative stateMotor dissociationCovert consciousnessNormative importanceBrainDisordersChronic vegetative stateConsciousnessSocial integrationHumilityEvolving storyNeuroimagingNeuroscienceMindfulnessRights
2019
Disorders of Consciousness, Past, Present, and Future
Fins J. Disorders of Consciousness, Past, Present, and Future. Cambridge Quarterly Of Healthcare Ethics 2019, 28: 603-615. PMID: 31405394, DOI: 10.1017/s0963180119000719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisorders of consciousnessLegal obligationsPersistent vegetative stateConsciousness literatureNational Institute on DisabilityCognitive motor dissociationMinimally conscious stateCounter-narrativesAmerican Academy of NeurologyVegetative stateMotor dissociationCovert consciousnessObligationsConscious stateDisordersIndependent livingState
2016
Brain death and disorders of consciousness
Schiff N, Fins J. Brain death and disorders of consciousness. Current Biology 2016, 26: r572-r576. PMID: 27404252, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisorders of consciousnessBrain-dead patientsBrain deathVegetative stateCognitive motor dissociationScientific knowledgeCognitive functionMinimally conscious stateNon-medical specialistsSocietal contextBrain statesConsciousnessConscious stateMotor dissociationBrainDisordersDead patientsConceptual frameworkLack of sustainabilityHigher levelsFutilityParadoxDistinction