Complexity and coherency: Integrating information in the brain

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 474-484

  Tononi, Giulio ^a   Edelman, Gerald M ^a   Sporns, Olaf ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032401315     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(98)01259-5     Document Type: Review

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