Consciousness and the structure of neuronal representations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1377, 1998, Pages 1829-1840

  Singer, Wolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience; Consciousness; Oscillations; Phenomenal awareness; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032578956     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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