“…Classical LIS patients 1 offer us a unique opportunity to study this matter as they suffer from a full-body paralysis with preserved cognitive functions (Bruno, Bernheim, Schnakers, & Laureys, 2008;Bruno, Pellas, Schnackers et al, 2008;Gosseries, Bruno, Vanhaudenhuyse, Laureys, & Schnakers, 2009;Laureys, Perrin, & Bredart, 2007;Schnakers et al, 2008). LIS often results from a vascular accident touching the brain stem (Laureys et al, 2005) and is characterized by complete awareness and the ability to communicate using vertical eye movements or blinking while being paralyzed and voiceless (American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1995).…”