Against the spotlight model of consciousness

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-84

  Shanon, Benny ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Spotlight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042740487     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-118X(00)00019-2     Document Type: Article

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