Highlights • We manipulated the level of processing of colored digits in a backward masking task with constant stimulus parameters • ERP results suggest the existence of temporal unfolding of ERP markers of conscious processing • Both early and late components of the ERP response may correspond to neural activity involved in representing conscious content.

The Polish version of CRS-R can be administered reliably by trained raters and can successfully differentiate between vegetative state (VS), minimally conscious (MCS), and patients emerging from a minimally conscious state (EMCS).

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