The emergence of consciousness and its role in human development

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1001, Issue , 2003, Pages 104-133

  Lewis, Michael ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Development; Self recognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MACHINE; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 1942506669     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1279.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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