How Brain Reveals Mind: Neural Studies Support the Fundamental Role of Conscious Experience

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 100-114

  Baars, Bernard J ^a,b  

^a Neurosciences Institute ^*  (United States)

^b NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

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