TY - JOUR AU - Cruse, Damian AU - Fattizzo, Marco AU - Owen, Adrian M. AU - Fernández-Espejo, Davinia PY - 2017 DA - 2017/01/24 TI - Why use a mirror to assess visual pursuit in prolonged disorders of consciousness? Evidence from healthy control participants JO - BMC Neurology SP - 14 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Evidence of reliable smooth visual pursuit is crucial for both diagnosis and prognosis in prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC). However, a mirror is more likely than an object to elicit evidence of smooth pursuit. Our objective was to identify the physiological and/or cognitive mechanism underlying the mirror benefit. SN - 1471-2377 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-017-0798-1 DO - 10.1186/s12883-017-0798-1 ID - Cruse2017 ER -