Criteria for an effective theory of consciousness and some preliminary attempts

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 268-301

  Coward, L Andrew ^a   Sun, Ron ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access consciousness; Cognitive architectures; Explicit memory; Hybrid architecture; Implicit memory; Neurophysiology; Phenomenal consciousness; Skill learning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COGNITION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; NATURAL SCIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 2342476516     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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