A framework for consciousness

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-126

  Crick, Francis ^a   Koch, Christof ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037312618     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn0203-119     Document Type: Review

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