Consciousness and quantum mechanics: The connection and analogies

Journal of Mind and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-256

  Rosenblum, Bruce ^a   Kuttner, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; NEUROSCIENCE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; REVIEW; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0033429884     PISSN: 02710137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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