The irreducible perspectives of consciousness

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-93

  Feinberg, Todd E ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Explanatory gap; Mind brain dichotomy; Perceptual binding; Subjective objective

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0030951865     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1040917     Document Type: Article

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