A field theory of consciousness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 184-213

  John, E R ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic effects; Coherence; Consciousness; Field theory; QEEG; Synchrony; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMUS; THEORY;

EID: 0034917042     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ccog.2001.0508     Document Type: Article

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