The "Institute of Consciousness Science" is located at Hangzhou Normal University in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. It was founded in 2012 by Professor Di Haibo and Professor Steven Laureys.The institute mainly conducts scientific research and clinical work on patients with disorders of consciousness such as coma, unresponsive awake syndrome (vegetative state), minimally conscious state, and locked-in syndrome.The institute's overarching goals are to better understand the neural mechanisms ...