Dynamical systems as an approach to consciousness: Emotion, self-organization, and the mind-body problem

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-250

  Ellis, Ralph D ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Consciousness; Dynamical systems; Efference; Emotion; Mind body problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033475324     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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