How and why brains create meaning from sensory information

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 515-530

  Freeman, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG patterns; Intentionality; Neurodynamics; Phase transitions; Semantics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; NEUROLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEMANTICS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SYNTACTICS;

ARTIFICIAL LOGIC; EEG PATTERNS; INTENTIONALITY; NEURODYNAMICS;

BRAIN;

EID: 13844275672     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127404009405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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