Why does the brain fill in?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 422-424

  Pessoa, Luiz ^a   Neumann, Heiko ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0032213153     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(98)01237-6     Document Type: Article

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