On the Possibility of Universal Neural Coding of Subjective Experience

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-446

  Helekar, Santosh A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033251354     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ccog.1998.0377     Document Type: Article

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