Effects of Frontal Lobe Lesions on Intentionality and Random Physical Phenomena

Journal of Scientific Exploration

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 651-668

  Freedman, Morris ^a,b   Jeffers, Stanley ^c   Saeger, Karen ^a   Binns, Malcolm ^a   Black, Sandra ^a,d  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Frontal lobe damage; Intentionality; Random event generator; Self awareness

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSORY PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONSCIOUSNESS; FRONTAL LOBE DAMAGE; HUMAN INTENTIONALITY; RANDOM EVENT GENERATORS; SELF-AWARENESS;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0346238594     PISSN: 08923310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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