Adversarial AI framework reveals mechanisms behind impaired consciousness and a potential therapy

Consciousness, and the ways in which it can become impaired after certain brain injuries, are not well understood, making disorders of consciousness (DOC), like coma, vegetative states and minimally conscious states difficult to treat. But a new study, published in Nature Neuroscience, indicates that AI might be able to help researchers gain some traction with this problem. The research team involved in the new study has developed an adversarial AI framework to help them determine what exactly is going on in states of reduced consciousness and how to approach a solution.