The animal brain as a quantal computer

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 385-403

  Green, H S ^b   Triffet, T ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; COMPUTER; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM THEORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031581803     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0249     Document Type: Article

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