Can functional brain imaging discover consciousness in the brain?

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 3-23

  Revonsuo, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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