Mind and consciousness: Towards a final answer?

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-45

  Taylor, John G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Consciousness; Control; Dynamical systems; Error monitor; Forward model; Learning; Motor action; Quantum mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844290881     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2004.12.001     Document Type: Review

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