The topology of perceptive functions as a corollary of the theorem of existence in closed spaces

BioSystems

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 191-205

  Bounias, M ^a,b,c   Bonaly, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^b Alexandria Institute New York   (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Biological self; Brain structure function relationships; Closed sets; Equivalence classes; Fixed points; Homotopic groups; Order relations; Physical existence; Poincare groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; EMOTION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030980291     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(97)01706-1     Document Type: Article

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