The role of control in a science of consciousness causality, regulation and self-sustainment

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 177-197

  Jordan, J Scott ^a   Ghin, Marcello ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

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