Constructing the relational mind

Psyche

Volumn 4, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Taylor, John G ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Cortical bubbles of activity; Neural networks; Qualia; Relational mind; Semantic memory; Word awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005939258     PISSN: 1039723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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