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Yes\/no questions and spoken word-to-referent (colour\/object) matching tasks were presented. Stimuli were controlled for psycholinguistic variables to reduce linguistic confounds in the assessment of consciousness. Accuracy was compared to a standard measure (visually based situational yes\/no questions from the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Responses were most accurate for word-to-referent matching tasks compared to yes\/no questions (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      (23)\u2009=\u2009\u22126.49,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20091.33), with greater accuracy to colour than object stimuli (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t(<\/jats:italic>\n                      23)\u2009=\u20092.79,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.01,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.57). Participants also responded with greater accuracy to word-to-referent matching and yes\/no questions involving colours and objects compared to the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised situational yes\/no questions.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Task influences accuracy of responses in assessing return of consciousness. The advantage of colours over objects can be attributed to simpler visual processing and higher lexical frequency of these words. 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