David Fischer, MD
@dbfisch.bsky.social
Consciousness doctor, neurointensivist and director of the
RECOVER Program, dedicated to consciousness recovery after brain injury at the University of Pennsylvania.
https://www.med.upenn.edu/recover-program/
RECOVER Program, dedicated to consciousness recovery after brain injury at the University of Pennsylvania.
https://www.med.upenn.edu/recover-program/
Covert consciousness, where unresponsive patients willfully modulate brain activity to command, is gaining attention. But these assessments are fundamentally limited. What if we could just... read their minds instead? 🧵 about our paper in
@greenjournal.bsky.social
www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
@greenjournal.bsky.social
www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
Reconstructing Covert Consciousness | Neurology
Determining the level of consciousness in patients with brain injury—and more fundamentally,
establishing what they can experience—is ethically and clinically impactful. Patient
behaviors may unreliab...
www.neurology.org
February 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Covert consciousness, where unresponsive patients willfully modulate brain activity to command, is gaining attention. But these assessments are fundamentally limited. What if we could just... read their minds instead? 🧵 about our paper in
@greenjournal.bsky.social
www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
@greenjournal.bsky.social
www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
I'm looking for a research specialist with experience in fMRI analysis to help with a project studying covert consciousness in unresponsive patients, in collaboration with @gkaguirre.bsky.social. Please message me or email me at David.Fischer@pennmedicine.upenn.edu if interested!
November 12, 2024 at 10:38 AM
I'm looking for a research specialist with experience in fMRI analysis to help with a project studying covert consciousness in unresponsive patients, in collaboration with @gkaguirre.bsky.social. Please message me or email me at David.Fischer@pennmedicine.upenn.edu if interested!