Quantum coherence and conscious experience

Kybernetes

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 265-276

  Ho, Mae Wan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031513044     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684929710163164     Document Type: Article

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