A competition for consciousness?

Neurocomputing

Volumn 11, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 271-296

  Taylor, John G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Consciousness; Lateral inhibition; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ELECTRODE STIMULATION; LATERAL INHIBITION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTRODE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION;

EID: 0030175924     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-2312(95)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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