Consciousness, epilepsy, and emotional qualia

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 150-160

  Monaco, Francesco ^a   Mula, Marco ^a   Cavanna, Andrea E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Epilepsy; Experiential phenomena; Qualia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROWSINESS; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; EXCITEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VEGETATIVE STAGE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 23844461801     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.05.018     Document Type: Review

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