Synchrony in the eye of the beholder: An analysis of the role of neural synchronization in cognitive processes

Brain and Mind

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-312

  van der Velde, Frank ^a   de Kamps, Marc ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Compositional representations; Conjunctive representations; Neurodynamics; Productivity; Synchrony; Systematicity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0038374928     PISSN: 13891987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022908120929     Document Type: Review

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