An information integration theory of consciousness

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Tononi, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN REGION; CALCULATION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXPERIENCE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEARING; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THEORY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VISION; WAKEFULNESS; BRAIN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THALAMUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 12944335010     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-5-42     Document Type: Article

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