Consciousness, art, and the brain: Lessons from Marcel Proust

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-240

  Epstein, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ART; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; ESTHETICS; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 2342583420     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8100(03)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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