Computational and noncomputational systems in brain and cognition: Can one mask the other?

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 681-710

  Leisman, Gerry ^a,b,e   Kaspi, Moshe ^c   Koch, Paul ^a,d  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e FR Carrick Institute (CERAN)   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Bose condensate; Cognition; Computation; Consciousness; Continuum theory; Retrieval; Storage; Wave growth

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34247560298     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450600773913     Document Type: Review

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