A neurobiological theory of meaning in perception. Part I: Information and meaning in nonconvergent and nonlocal brain dynamics

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2493-2511

  Freeman, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram (EEG); Information; Meaning; Neurodynamics; Perception; Sensation

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PHASE MODULATION; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

NEURODYNAMICS; SENSORY CORTICES;

NEUROLOGY;

EID: 0141539801     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127403008144     Document Type: Article

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